Air Europe (1982/1983)

NFD / Air Europe (1989/1990)

La británica Air Europe pretendía crear un grupo paneuropeo de líneas aéreas de cara a la desregulación de 1992, con el nombre nada original de Airlines of Europe. En él estaban la ✈Air Europa española, la ✈Air Europe italiana, la alemana ✈NFD y ✈Norway Airlines. Tenían incluso una franquiciada para vuelos regionales, Air Europe Express.

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The British carrier Air Europe was eager to set a pan-European group of airlines, which was pretty obviously named Airlines of Europe. Family members included the Spanish ✈Air Europa , Italian  ✈Air Europe italiana, the German regional airline ✈NFD and ✈Norway Airlines. There also was a regional franchisee, renamed  Air Europe Express.

Air Europe (1990)

En 1990, Air Europe era una compañía que miraba al futuro con optimismo. La idea era establecerse como la segunda aerolínea británica más importante, desde su base en el aeropuerto de Gatwick, y establecer una alizanza paneuropea de aerolineas en Italia, España (Air Europa), Alemania (NFD), Noruega ... En realidad, fue el primer intento de crear un grupo de este estilo.
La red de rutas seguía creciendo, y además tenían un afiliado regional (Connectair / Air Europe Express) para volar a algunos destinos secundarios . Además, continuaban con su idea de dar una imagen de empresa seria, profesional y de calidad, "a la altura de las compañías tradicionales", procurando desmarcarse de su pasado como aerolínea charter.
En realidad, aunque tenían una visión casi premonitaria de lo que pasaría unos años más tarde en Europa, resultó ser un gigante con pies de barro y acabó desapareciendo poco después ...

In 1990, Air Europe was facing the future with optimism. They had plans to establish themselves as the second biggest British airline from their Gatwick base, and to build an European group of aligned airlines in Italy, Spain, Germany (NFD), Norway... Air Europe was actually the first airline that tried to build a paneuropean aviation group. 

Their route network was growing, and they also had a regional affiliate airline (Connectair / Air Europe express) which flew to secondary destinations; they also made a big effort to get rid of their charter airline reputation and to make themselves appear as a proud, proffessional, business-like airline "like the  traditional carriers"

We should give Air Europe credit as they had some good ideas and to some extent they were antecipating the future of European airline scene; however, the whole project was deemed to fail (as it happened soon after) for a number of reasons.

Air Europe (1988)

En 1988, Air Europe empezaba a desarrollar su red de vuelos por todo el continente. Aunque se esforzaba por presentarse como una empresa seria, al estilo de las grandes aerolíneas europeas del momento, lo cierto es que buena parte de su red estaba formada por destinos vacacionales, servidos con línea regular. Al mismo tiempo, estrenaba su business class. En este horario también se incluían vuelos en conexión con otras empresas y los vuelos regionales de Connectair, la que más tarde sería Air Europe Express.

Air Europe was starting to develop their European-wide scheduled network by 1988. They also introduced their business class that year, and great efforts were made in order to present the airline as a "serious" carrier, inline with European legacy airlines at the time. Many of their scheduled destinations, however, where some of their former leisure destinations as a charter carrier. This timetable included also some connections on other carriers, as well as their regional hub feeder Connectair flights, which later became Air Europe Express.

Air Europe (1985)

Air Europe fue fundada en 1979 y a mediados de los  80 dio el salto a los vuelos regulares, inicialmente con estos vuelos entre Londres, Palma y Gibraltar.

Air Europe started in 1979 as a charter carrier and by the mid eighties started scheduled services, initially between London, Palma and Gibraltar. 

Air Europe (1987), Gibraltar, Palma

Ya hemos hablado antes de Air Europe, uno de los primeros intentos que hubo de crear una red paneuropea de vuelos al estilo del que hoy tienen varias compañías de bajos costes, aunque entonces la idea era competir con mejores tarifas y mejor servicio frente  a las grandes compañías de bandera. Este es un folleto de vuelos entre Londres, Manchester, Palma de Mallorca y Gibraltar, con alguna información turística y sobre la empresa.

I've written before about Air Europe's attempt at building a large, Europe-wise air network. It was a rather early attempt and it was aimed a multi-hub operation across the continent, pretty much like contemporary low cost carriers do. At the time, however, stress was made on providing a better service with lower fares... This is a schedule for flights between the UK, Palma de Mallorca and Gibraltar, with some info about the airline and some tourist information.

Air Europe Express (1989)

Air Europe era una compañía británica que a finales de los 80 y principios de los 90 había conseguido crear una red paneuropea y tenía varias filiales por el continente, entre ellas la Air Europa española que sobrevivió a la quiebra de la empresa madre. Air Europe Express, operada por Connectair, era su compañía regional. Más tarde, Connectair operó de forma independiente de nuevo y luego pasó a ser una franquicia de British Airways.

Air Europe was a British airline that in the late 80's and early 90's had a growing network all around the European continent. They also had several subsidiaries across Europe, including the current Spanish carrier Air Europa, which survived after the parent company collapsed. Air Europe Express, operated by Connectair, was their regional branch. Connectair restarted independent operations afterwards and later became a British Airways franchise carrier.