Conair of Scandinavia
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Founded | 1965 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1 January 1994Scanair to form Premiair) | (merged with||||||
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Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||
Founder | Simon Spies |
Conair of Scandinavia A/S was a Danish
in 1994.History
Conair was founded by the Scandinavian charter pioneer
After the death of Simon Spies, his rather new wife and former secretary Janni Spies got ahead of the whole Spies corporation (where the traveling agency Spies rejser was included) and she employed her brother, a former carpenter, as general manager.
They soon ordered six new
Operations
Conair primarily flew tourists from the Spies traveling agency, but also served several other travel agencies. The vast majority of flights had their destinations in the Mediterranean area but also at Canary Islands, Gambia, London, Rome and Paris. Beside their main base at Copenhagen, flights also departed from Billund Airport and Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
Fleet
Over the years, Conair of Scandinavian operated the following aircraft:[1][2]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Airbus A300B4
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3 | 1987 | 1994 | |
Airbus A310-200
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1 | 1987 | 1987 | Leased from Sabena |
Airbus A320-200
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6 | 1991 | 1994 | |
Boeing 720B
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10 | 1970 | 1988 | |
Douglas DC-7 | 5 | 1965 | 1972 | |
Douglas DC-8-61 | 1 | 1985 | 1986 | Leased from Eagle Air Cargo |
See also
References
- ^ "Conair Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ "Conair". Aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved April 12, 2023.