Spanair

Spanair is based in Palma de Mallorca with further hubs at Barcelona and Madrid Airport.
Spanair was a subsidiary of SAS ( Scandinavian Airline ) until 2009.
Established in 1986 the Spanair Fleet consists a total of 44 Aircrafts early 2009. Spanair is a Member of the Star Alliance.
The worst day in spanair´s history was August, 20th 2008, when a Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-82 ,crashed with 165 passengers and nine crew members on board moments after takeoff from Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas Airport on a flight to Las Palmas.18 of the 172 Passengers on board survived. The reason for the crash was a failure of the notification system on board informing that the flap system was not operating properly and the warning device in the cockpit had not been repaired.