note

The airline was established as a regional passenger carrier in 1994 but started full cargo operations in November 1998. It was founded by Regional Airlines of France and business airline Gestair of Spain as Regional Líneas Aéreas. It operated scheduled passenger flights from Madrid with a fleet of Saab 340 until January 1998. It then re-emerged as Cygnus Air operating all-cargo services with two Douglas DC8-62F aircraft. In July 2002, a DC8-73F was phased in. The airline is owned by Macholfam International (Grupo Gestair) (60%) and IMES (Grupo ACS) (40%). From 2006, its legal name was changed to Corporación Ygnus Air. In May 2007, its commercial name changed to Gestair Cargo, as part of the new brand positioning carried out by the Gestair Group. By 2013 it had reverted back to Cygnus Air.

founded - demised (age)

1994 - present  (31years)

headquarters

, Madrid

web

cygnusair.com

base airports

LEMD Barajas / Adolfo Suárez Madrid

Main hub

related operators

Iberia	contract
Regional Compagnie Aerienne	founder
Gestair	stake 60%