Melilla Airlines

Melilla Airlines, also referred to as Melilla Airways SL, was a travel agency based in Melilla, Spain, rather than a fully certified airline. The business was established in 2013 and began operating under the Melilla Airlines name on 29 April 2013. Its first marketed route connected Málaga and Melilla, linking Melilla Airport with Málaga Airport in mainland Spain. Despite its airline-style name and branding, Melilla Airlines did not hold a valid Air Operator Certificate. It therefore did not operate aircraft as an independent air carrier. Instead, it acted as a travel agency and resold or marketed flights provided by Aeronova, an arrangement that allowed the brand to offer scheduled air services without possessing its own certified airline operation. The business relationship with Aeronova ended in February 2015 after disputes between the companies. Following the termination of that collaboration, Melilla Airlines was dissolved. Its short operating history was consequently tied to a single principal domestic connection between Málaga and Melilla and to its commercial partnership with Aeronova. The brand is now defunct and has no known current website, listed securities, parent company, or active operating network.

Melilla Airlines was founded in 2013 in Melilla, a Spanish autonomous city on the North African coast. Although its name and commercial presentation suggested an airline, the business functioned as a travel agency. It did not possess a valid Air Operator Certificate and was not an independently certified air carrier. The company began operations on 29 April 2013 by marketing a Málaga–Melilla route. Málaga Airport served as the mainland endpoint, while Melilla Airport was the local base and destination. The service was provided through a commercial relationship with Aeronova, whose flights Melilla Airlines resold or marketed to passengers. This structure enabled the brand to participate in scheduled passenger travel without directly operating its own aircraft or airline certificate. Melilla Airlines' activity appears to have remained limited to the domestic Spanish market and, in particular, to the connection between Málaga and Melilla. There is no supported evidence in the available reference material of a broader network, a separate fleet, international routes, or an independently operated flight schedule. In February 2015, Aeronova ended its collaboration with Melilla Airlines following disputes between the companies. The loss of its operating partnership removed the basis for the travel agency's airline-branded service, and Melilla Airlines was subsequently dissolved. The business is therefore classified as defunct. Its principal historical significance is as a short-lived travel agency and flight-marketing brand whose airline identity depended on a third-party operator rather than on its own air-carrier certification.

• 2015

  Aeronova collaboration ends and business is dissolved

  [1]Melilla Airlinesen.wikipedia.org

  Aeronova terminated its collaboration with Melilla Airlines in February 2015 after disputes. Melilla Airlines was subsequently dissolved.

• 2013

  Business founded

  [1]Melilla Airlinesen.wikipedia.org

  Melilla Airlines, also known as Melilla Airways SL, was established in Melilla, Spain, as a travel agency using an airline-oriented brand.

• 2013

  Operations begin

  [1]Melilla Airlinesen.wikipedia.org

  The brand began operating on 29 April 2013 with a Málaga–Melilla service marketed through its collaboration with Aeronova.

A local Melilla travel-agency brand presented as an airline, focused on marketing domestic air travel between Melilla and mainland Spain through an operating partnership rather than through its own certified air-carrier operation.

• Domestic passenger air travel · 2013

  Málaga–Melilla passenger service

  The principal service associated with Melilla Airlines was a domestic connection between Málaga Airport and Melilla Airport. Melilla Airlines marketed or resold the flights rather than operating them as an independent certified airline. The route connected Melilla with mainland Spain and formed the core of the brand's brief operating period.

• 2015

  End of third-party operating partnershipStrategy

  Background

  Melilla Airlines depended on Aeronova to provide the flights it marketed because it lacked its own valid Air Operator Certificate.

  Action taken

  Aeronova ended the collaboration in February 2015 following disputes between the companies.

  Aftermath

  The partnership's termination was followed by the dissolution of Melilla Airlines.

  Source

1. 1Melilla Airlinesen.wikipedia.org