Privilege Style
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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | Charter | ||||||
| Headquarters | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | ||||||
| Website | privilegestyle.com | ||||||
Privilege Style is a Spanish charter airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca and based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.[1]
Operations
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According to the airline, its VIP customers include several Spanish companies and also teams from Spain's first football league.[2] In June and July 2014, Privilege Style operated Finnair's flights from Helsinki to New York-JFK while one of Finnair's A330s was out of service for extended maintenance.[3] The same happened again in December 2015.[4] In the summer of 2015, the airline leased its Boeing 767-300ER to El Al. As of June 2016, all of Privilege Style's aircraft were operating for El Al, except the 767 which currently operates for Condor Flugdienst.[5]
In 2018 the 777 has been operated daily for Norwegian Air Shuttle on their since terminated Rome-Newark route, due to major technical issues affecting Norwegian’s 787 fleet. In late spring 2019, Norwegian again started using Privilege Style's 777 for their London-Miami route. In November 2019, Surinam Airways started using Privilege Style's 777 for their Paramaribo to Amsterdam route, after they had to suddenly retire their only long-haul plane, an aging Airbus A340.[6][7]
In February 2021, Privilege Style selected the Airbus A321 as a replacement for their aging 757s. The used A321 was previously operated by SriLankan Airlines.[8]
The company was scheduled to undertake a deportation flight of asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda on 14 June 2022 although this never went ahead due to legal challenges.[9][10][11][12] After pressure from various campaign groups, in October 2022 the company announced that it wouldn't carry out any future deportation flights between the two countries.[13]
In June 2023, an Airbus A330 previously operated by Virgin Australia was added to the fleet as a replacement for the Boeing 767.[14]
Fleet
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As of May 2024, Privilege Style's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | ||
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| C | Y | Total | |||
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | — | — | 214 | 214 |
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | — | 20 | 255 | 275 |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 1 | 1[8] | 30 | 282 | 312 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Privilege Style". AirlineUpdate.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Privilege Style webpage, recovered 13 April 2014
- ^ "Finnairin koneen siivestä löytyi särö – yhtiö lentää New Yorkiin kesällä ulkomaalaisilla koneilla ja miehistöillä". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "finnair.com - Info". Finnair. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "El al to lease a Spanish B767 for flights to Germany".
- ^ "PY 994 | Paramaribo - Amsterdam". Schiphol. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ Cross, Ryan (2019-11-01). "Surinam Airways Loses Long-Haul Capabilities". Morten Beyer & Agnew. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ a b c planespotters.net - Privilege Style Fleet Details and History retrieved 30 May 2024
- ^ "Day of drama and despair before Rwanda flight called off". the Guardian. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Kellaway, Robert (2022-06-15). "'Privilege Style: Stop tearing families apart' Rwanda protesters' message to jet bosses". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "First Rwanda deportation flight could be cancelled amid legal battles". TheGuardian.com. 13 June 2022.
- ^ Field, James (2022-06-14). "Privilege Style Under Fire For Involvement in Removing Refugees from the UK to Rwanda". AviationSource. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Airline hired for UK's Rwanda deportations pulls out of scheme". the Guardian. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ "Privilege Style Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
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