Air Luxor

Air Luxor

IATA ICAO Callsign LK LXR AIRLUXOR
Founded	1988
Ceased operations	2006
Hubs	Portela Airport
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Key people	Vítor Pinto da Costa (President)
Website	airluxor.com

Air Luxor was an airline based in Luxor Plaza in Lisbon, Portugal,^[1] operating a limited number of scheduled flights out of Portela Airport, Lisbon. The airline's operations were located in Building C1 and Hangar 7 in Delta Park, an area in Lisbon Airport.^[2]

History

The airline was established by the Mirpuri family, which decided to turn their private aviation company, consisting of a fleet of small aircraft, into a public airline. Thus, Air Luxor was established in December 1988.

In 1997, Air Luxor extended its operations to commercial aviation, first in the charter sector and then, from 2001, concentrating on scheduled flights. In October 2003, a marketing concept called Air Luxor Light was introduced offering low-cost operations.

In 2005, the airline had plans to rebrand itself as Hifly. The idea of Hi Fly was indeed realized by the Mirpuri family, but with a newly founded airline using an Air Luxor A330-300 as its first aircraft. At that time, deep financial troubles with Air Luxor emerged, resulting in the discontinuation of some flight routes, including Lisbon and Porto to Paris or Lisbon to Praia in May 2006. In July of the same year, Air Luxor (including all sister projects) was sold to a group of Portuguese-Canadian investors, which were associated to the Longstock Financial Group. Only two Airbus A320-200s remained with Air Luxor. which were temporarily grounded in September 2006 by the lessors due to unpaid leasing fees. The dispute was settled and Air Luxor was briefly operational again, until fully shut-down in October of that year. The two A320s were subsequently broken up, while the A330-300 remains on Hi Fly's roster.

Destinations

Upon closure, Air Luxor operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:

• Portugal
  • Funchal (Madeira Airport)
• France
  • (Orly Airport)
• Africa
  • São Tomé (São Tomé International Airport)

Fleet

Over the years, the Air Luxor fleet consisted of these aircraft types:^[3]

History of the Air Luxor fleet

Aircraft	Introduced	Retired
Airbus A319-100	2002	2003
Airbus A320-200	2000	2006
Airbus A330-200	2002	2003
Airbus A330-300	2002	2005
Boeing 767-200	2001	2002
Lockheed L-1011	2000	2004

References

1. "Offices." Air Luxor. 13 August 2003. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "The administration, financial section, information systems management and call center for Air Luxor are located on the final floors of the majestic Air Luxor building in Lisbon."
2. "Operacional Loacations." [sic] Air Luxor. 13 August 2003. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "The operational location of Air Luxor is situated in the Delta Park of Lisbon Airport, Building C1 and Hangar 7."
3. "Air Luxor fleet history at". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 2014-02-15.