European Low Fares Airline Association European Low Fares Airline Association The European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) was an organization formed in 2004 to represent low-cost carriers and lobby European institutions on their behalf. It ceased operations and disbanded in 2016, as major members joined the newly formed trade group Airlines for Europe. ELFAA was based in Brussels, Belgium. Before stopping operations in 2016, ELFAA had ten members: British Airways and Iberia and low-cost carriers EasyJet, Jet2.com, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair, Volotea, Vueling, and Wizz Air. BA and Iberia joined in 2015, citing similar views regarding air transport liberalisation and position regarding major
Gadair European Airlines Gadair European Airlines Gadair European Airlines was an airline based in Madrid, Spain. It was operating aircraft on ACMI leases for services to five continents. A number of changes of plan have been made, including a switch to Bahrain as the main hub. The airline originally planned to launch operations on 10 April 2006 using Boeing 767-200ER aircraft on ACMI leases, but delays in obtaining the necessary licences mean that the launch date was delayed to June 2007. The airline was owned by Grupo AISA and Santiago Sanchez Marin. In 2007 new shareholders entered in a capital increase, that resulted