Cygnus Air is a cargo airline based in Madrid, Spain. It is a privately owned airline operating scheduled flights to destinations in Europe. Its main base is Madrid Barajas International Airport. FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... New Terminal 4 Interior Madrid Barajas International Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), located northeast of Madrids city center, is the most important international and domestic gateway in Spain. ...

Code Data

• ICAO Code: RGN
• Callsign: CYGNUS AIR^[1]

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History

The airline was established in 1994 and started operations in November 1998. It was founded by Regional Airlines of France and business airline Gestair of Spain as Regional Lineas Aereas. It operated passenger schedules from Madrid until January 1998. It then re-emerged as Cygnus Air operating all-cargo services with two Douglas DC-8 aircraft. In July 2002, a third was phased in. The airline is owned by Macholfam International (Grupo Gestair) (60%) and IMES (Grupo ACS) (40%). From 2006 onward, and for legal concerns, its name change to Corporación Ygnus Air. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Gestair is an airline based in Spain providing business aviation and air taxi services. ... The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Fleet

The Corp.Ygnus Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2007):^[2] 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

• 1 Douglas DC-8-62
• 1 Douglas DC-8-62AF // Picture of Douglas DC-8-62 registration: EC-EMX
• 1 Douglas DC-8-73CF
• 1 Boeing 757-256PCF

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References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006