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I wonder what will happen to Star Alliance?

Wow read some of these messages, my worry is not if the airline will go broke, but if one of the people who write this crap maybe flying my wife and me some where

I can't swim

It is really a shame that more Spainish jobs are going down the drain. their unemployment rate now is ridculous and getting worst. Hopefully the other airlines will be able to pick up some of the layed off people.

Daniel thanks for your comments. I think they tried to do their best with the infrastructure they had. It was classy that they served you a mamosa so near the end. Please disregard the newbies comments as he doesn't quite get it yet. Here's hoping.

Spanish newspapers were reporting that even before the MD-80 terrible accident in Madrid Barajas airport (150 dead) this airline was losing money heavily and its main shareholders SAS from Sweden decided to quit and ownership/control passed to the Catalunyan Sectional Government who subbornly kept it flying since but last week they decided to plug the hemorrage, all in line with the very stern directives from the European Union to the Spanish Government: you manage all budget appropriations wisely or else (no more bailout money.

lol Josh, you owe money to that cartoonist now...yes, you even have to pay for reproducing the cartoons that are lame.

Here's to you having a better day tomorrow mark. http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/dro0502l.jpg

I enjoyed this story about the airline and everybody's comments except those of Mark Jetson.

Hmmm, oddly mr. Jetson I don't see where you're coming from in regards to Dans original comments. IMO, He was simply stating that the airline continued to run with the same customer service and gratitude as it had when its outlook wasn't so dark.

Unless irlines really get down to providing an ejoyable and safe experience instead of gauging people and nickle and diming them to death--THEY TOO WILL FAIL>

The airline was nearly 30 years old -- although I've never flown them, I did spent a few hours in their Barcelona lounge on New Years Day 2012 and it was business as usual as they served mimosas. Very nice place.

Daniel, your tale of sipping mimosas in BCN was so insightful and gripping. Who really gives a shit about a company that went out of business, or all the travelers that may have lost money already spent on airline tickets, OR any of the thousands of employees who lost their jobs? Great story...

There is now lots of competition now particularly from Vueling which merged with Clickair. The quadrangle of BCN, MAD, Valencia and Palma Mallorca is absolutlely cutthroat for the Spanish airlines. Where competition exists, Iberia or its regional affiliate Air Nostrum are there to compete as well. Air Europa has bled off many of the longer flights to the Canary Islands.

Spanair had a very mixed fleet with few aircraft in their first decade of service. They tried all kinds of different combinations to find a market niche but always placed second or third or lower. The combination of low margins, old capital and lots of competition just killed off the low man on the totem pole to the surprise of none.