Spanair S.A. was a Spanish airline, with its head office in the Spanair Building in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona. Until 2009, it was a subsidiary of the SAS Group; the same parent company
Spanair Airbus A320 in 2009
Spanair head office in l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona
Spanair Airbus A320-200 in a hybrid livery with old titles and new tailfin design
Spanair Airbus A320-200 in the final full livery that was only applied to a few aircraft
Spanair Flight 5022 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Gran Canaria Airport, Spain, with a stopover in Madrid–Barajas Airport that crashed just after take-off
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…and Catalana d'Initiatives, was later accepted, whereupon SAS became a minority shareholder. A report in the British newspaper The Times on the day of the 2008 Madrid crash suggests that staff were threatening strike action due to concerns about the company's viability. In 2009 the airline asked for public input on a new…
Aerial view of the crash site
EC-HFP, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in July 2008
Wreckage of the aircraft's forward fuselage
Memorial plaque commemorating the 154 victims of JK5022