Airline memorabilia: Air Comet

Air Comet era una compañía española que volaba principalmente a destinos de América del sur desde Madrid (aunque tenía algunas rutas europeas) y que ha cerrado de forma abrupta el pasado 21 de diciembre, dejando miles de pasajeros en tierra. En realidad, hacía tiempo que se rumoreaba que la empresa era inviable y esto, unido a su mala gestión (los empleados llevaban meses sin cobrar), ha resultado en un cierre muy similar al de Air Madrid hace unos años. Lo peor es que Air Comet es la empresa que heredó la mayor parte de las rutas y flota de Air Madrid hace unos años...

Air Comet was a Spanish airline with a strong focus on South American routes from their Madrid hub, with some European destinations as well. The airline shut down on december 21st, without any previous announcement, leaving thousands of stranded passengers behind. Actually, there was much gossip about the unprofitability and mismanagement of Air Comet, so for the aviation-savvy the shut down was not so surprising. Air Comet employees had been working for several months without being paid, for instance. Air Comet's crisis strongly remembers what happened with Air Madrid. Ironically enough, Air comet inherited most of Air Madrid destinations and aircraft some years ago...

Unas etiquetas de equipaje, de cuando la compañía se llamaba Air Plus Comet :

Some baggage labels, bearing their previous logo and name (Air Plus Comet)

Un horario local de Buenos Aires, de la colección de Björn Larsson:

A Buenos Aires local timetable, posted by Björn Larsson at his website:

Algunas imágenes de revistas de a bordo de Air Comet, Lugares:

Some Air comet inflight magazines:

Una revista de 2007, en la que la empresa presentaba sus nuevos uniformes, parte de su cambio de imagen. También podéis leer la carta de su presidente Díaz Ferrán, el mismo que hace poco dijo que él no hubiera volado en Air Comet :/

A magazine from 2007. The airline was introducing their new uniforms as part of their new identity. You can have a look at a letter by Diaz Ferrán, who was Air Comet's CEO and who recently said he would not have bought a ticket in his own airline, given the carrier reputation :/

Una revista de 2008 y publicidad de la empresa:

A magazine from 2008 and some advertesiments:

Y dos revistas de 2009. Se puede ver como poco a poco la compañía reducía rutas y destinos (tenía prohibido sobrevolar varios países), aunque siguen anunciando su Business Class y un programa de entretenimiento bastante avanzado. De hecho, llegaron a anunciar la compra del A380 ...

Two magazines from 2009. You can tell by looking at the maps that the airline was shutting down destinations and routes, and still they were boasting about their Business Class and a fairly fancy entertainement system onboard. Also, they even announced their plans for buying the A380...