Orbest
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Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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AOC # | PT-01/07 | ||||||
Operating bases | Lisbon Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | see Iberojet destinations | ||||||
Parent company | Barceló Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||
Website | orbest.com |
Orbest, S.A. is a Portuguese charter airline headquartered in Lisbon and based at Lisbon Airport. It operates scheduled and charter flights in short- and long-haul operations out of Portugal and Spain both on behalf of tour operators, and jointly with its Spanish sister company Iberojet.
History
[edit]The company was set up in 2007 by the Orizonia Group. Orbest started operations with a single Airbus A330-200, registration CS-TRA. This aircraft remained with the airline until 2010, when the Orizonia Group announced an upgrade to a new and larger Airbus A330-300.[citation needed]
Following the collapse of the Orizonia Corporation, Orbest was purchased by the Barceló Group.[1] The group also created a new airline under the name Evelop Airlines for operations in Spain, which received airplanes from both Orbest and the former Orbest Orizonia Airlines; all aircraft owned by Orbest were thereafter jointly operated by Evelop.[citation needed]
On 8 December 2020, Orbest merged with Evelop and the two companies operated under the Iberojet name.
Destinations
[edit]Orbest operates under the Iberojet name, and operates to destinations on behalf of them.
Fleet
[edit]Current fleet
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As of April 2024[update], Orbest operates the following aircraft under the Iberojet name:[2][3]
Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A330-900 | 2 | — | 32 | 356 | 388 | Operated for Iberojet. |
Total | 2 | — |
Historical fleet
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Orbest previously operated the following aircraft:[3]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 3 | 2007 | 2021 | 1 transferred to Iberojet. |
Airbus A330-200 | 2 | 2007 | 2010 | Transferred to Orbest Orizonia Airlines. |
2015 | 2016 | Transferred to Air Europa. | ||
Airbus A330-300 | 1 | 2010 | 2023 | Transferred to World2Fly. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Portuguese Orbest sold to Barceló Group" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Evelop BookSecure PWA".
- ^ a b "Orbest Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
External links
[edit] Media related to Orbest Portugal at Wikimedia Commons