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V7
  
VOE

Commenced operations
  
March 2012 (2012-03)

Website
  
volotea.com

Destinations
  
52

Headquarters
  
VOE
  
VOLOTEA

Fleet size
  
21

Customer service
  
00 34 931 22 07 17

Founded
  
2011

Founders
  
Lázaro Ros, Carlos Muñoz

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Key people
  
Carlos Muñoz, CEOLázaro Ros, CEO

CEO
  
Carlos Muñoz (5 Apr 2012–)

Operating bases
  
Asturias Airport, Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Profiles

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Volotea [ˈbo.lo.te.a] is a Spanish low cost airline headquartered in Barcelona with bases in Spain, Italy and France.

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History

Volotea was established by Alaeo S.L. from Barcelona, a company created by former Vueling founders, Carlos Muñoz and Lázaro Ros. The name "Volotea" originates from the Spanish verb "revolotear," meaning "to fly around." It commenced operations on 5 April 2012, from Venice Marco Polo Airport.

The company is backed by three private-equity funds, two of them from Europe (Axis Participaciones Empresariales and Corpfin Capital) and a third from the United States (CCMP Capital), whose chairman, Greg Brenneman, was one-time President and COO of America's Continental Airlines, and also chairs Volotea's board. The company raised over €50m before operations began.

Boeing announced on 15 February 2012 that it had signed a long term lease deal with Volotea for an undisclosed number of Boeing 717 aircraft. In March 2015, it was announced that Volotea will receive a further four 717s from Blue1. However, in November 2015, Volotea announced plans to phase out their 717 fleet over the next few years and replace it with Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Fleet

As of April 2016, the Volotea fleet consists of the following aircraft:

References

Volotea Wikipedia


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