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CLASSA
	CLASSA Fokker F.VIIb/3m
Founded	March 13, 1929; Madrid, Spain
Commenced operations	25 November 1929
Ceased operations	1933
Operating bases	Getafe Airport; Barcelona Airport; Sevilla Airport;
Fleet size	8 aircraft
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain

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Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas, meaning 'Subsidized Airlines Company', mostly known as CLASSA, was a Spanish airline based in Madrid, Spain.^[1]^[2]

The airline was established as part of the Miguel Primo de Rivera government's efforts to establish state-controlled monopolies controlling essential services. As had been done with CAMPSA and with CTNE, a monopoly was created by merging existing Spanish air transport companies.^[2] CLASSA's inaugural flight took place on 27 May 1929 between Getafe (Madrid) and Sevilla although regular operations wouldn't officially start until November.

CLASSA ceased operations in 1933, the second year of the Spanish Republic, and in those years did not have any air accidents.^[3]

History

CLASSA was an airline established following the creation of the Higher Aeronautic Council (Consejo Superior de Aeronáutica) through a decree issued on 9 April 1927. The newly created council existed to unify existing civil airlines which reflected General Primo de Rivera's policy of establishing state monopolies to run the country's essential public services. Following a decree issued on 9 January 1928, the creation of a new airline was tendered and two proposals were presented.^[2]

Iberia, Unión Aérea Española (U.A.E.), Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo (C.E.T.A.),^[4] the pilot training company Compañía Española de Aviación (C.E.A.)^[5] and the airship line Transaérea Colón were merged in order to form CLASSA. Companies with active government contracts, such as Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring, were exempt from joining until their contracts expired, but would join later.^[2]

It was formally constituted as a company on 13 March 1929, with the full name Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas, Sociedad Anónima, but it would be known by the acronym 'CLASSA', which officially began operations of the lines flown by the previous companies on 25 November 1929. However, it was decided that the official date of its constitution would be 25 May 1929, which was the date in which CLASSA took over the fleets and staff of the companies that had been merged.^[2] Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo (C.E.T.A.), which had been founded in 1920, ceased to exist at that time.^[4]

The only exception was U.A.E.'s Sevilla - Granada flight which would continue to be operated by this company until January 1930. On that date the remaining two Junkers G 24s used by U.A.E. joined CLASSA's fleet, while the third had been transferred to CLASSA the previous year.^[6] U.A.E had sold all its CLASSA shares to Jorge Loring on 24 May 1929, at which time Loring became the primary de facto shareholder of the new company but ceased to exist once their Sevilla - Tetuán - Larache line was taken over by CLASSA on 31 January 1931.^[7]

In May 1930 CLASSA made the first commercial flight to the Canary Islands using one of its Ford 4-AT trimotors, the only aircraft in the fleet with a radio.^[3] The plane landed on 20 May at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife Norte) in Tenerife Island.

Following the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931 LAPE (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas) was established to replace CLASSA and on 23 September 1931, CLASSA's contract with the Spanish government was cancelled, however CLASSA continued flying under the Spanish Republican Flag for another year. LAPE began operations in April 1932, with their assets and fleets being merged.^[8]^[9] The Republican government of Spain compensated CLASSA's shareholders after it was dissolved.^[5]

Fleet

References

^ La Aviación Comercial en el Espacio Aéreo Español (1918-1936)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Histaer - Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A. (C.L.A.S.S.A.)
^ ^a ^b Primer vuelo comercial a Canarias
^ ^a ^b Histaer - C.E.T.A. ( Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo )
^ ^a ^b Luis Utrilla Navarro & Marcos García Cruzado (2005). Madrid: Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, S.A., ed. Historia de los Aeropuertos de Madrid (I). ISBN 8496456315.
^ ^a ^b Histaer - Unión Aérea Española (U.A.E.)
^ Histaer - Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring
^ "Historia de los Vuelos Comerciales en España". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
^ Alas de la República : CLASSA, LAPE (1934)
^ "Aviones de Iberia". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-06-29.

External links

Media related to CLASSA at Wikimedia Commons
Pictures of CLASSA memorabilia
Airline History - Spain

[1] La Aviación Comercial en el Espacio Aéreo Español (1918-1936)

[Histaer-2] Histaer - Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A. (C.L.A.S.S.A.)

[GC-3] Primer vuelo comercial a Canarias

[ceta-4] Histaer - C.E.T.A. ( Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo )

[LUN-5] Luis Utrilla Navarro & Marcos García Cruzado (2005). Madrid: Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, S.A., ed. Historia de los Aeropuertos de Madrid (I). ISBN 8496456315.

[uae-6] Histaer - Unión Aérea Española (U.A.E.)

[Loring-7] Histaer - Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring

[8] "Historia de los Vuelos Comerciales en España". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-29.

[9] Alas de la República : CLASSA, LAPE (1934)

[10] "Aviones de Iberia". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-06-29.

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+{{Short description|Former Spanish airline, 1929–1933}}
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 | airline=CLASSA
 | image=Fokker VII- 3M (5810931651).jpg
-| caption=CLASSA [[Fokker F.VII]]3M
+| caption=CLASSA [[Fokker F.VII|Fokker F.VIIb/3m]]
 | IATA= -
 | ICAO= -
 | callsign= CLASSA
-| founded= 1928<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] -->
+| founded= {{Start date|1929|3|13}}<br />[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
-| commenced=1929
+| commenced=25 November 1929
-| ceased=1931
+| ceased=1933
 | bases= {{plainlist|*[[Getafe Airport]]
 *[[Barcelona Airport]]
 *[[Sevilla Airport]] }}
-| fleet_size=[[#Fleet|Fleet]] below
+| fleet_size= 8 aircraft
 | destinations= <!-- See [[Air #Destinations|Destinations]] below -->
 | company_slogan= <!-- Insert company marketing slogan -->
-| headquarters=[[Madrid]], Spain
+| headquarters=Madrid, Spain
 | key_people= <!-- {{plainlist|
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 | num_employees= <!-- NNN -->
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-[[File:Primer vuelo Península - Canarias (1930).jpg|thumb|265px|The historical first flight between [[Peninsular Spain]] and the Canary Islands by a CLASSA [[Ford trimotor]] in May 1930]]
+[[File:Primer vuelo Península - Canarias (1930).jpg|thumb|The historic first commercial flight between [[Peninsular Spain]] and the Canary Islands by a CLASSA [[Ford trimotor|Ford 4 AT trimotor]] on May 20, 1930]]
-'''''Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas (CLASSA)''''' was an [[airline]] based in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>[http://postale.free.fr/plus/Galeriade-Fotografias-Historicas/Galeria-de-Fotografias-Historicas.html La Aviación Comercial en el Espacio Aéreo Español (1918-1936)]</ref><ref name="Histaer">[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209203645/http://www.histaer.org/compa/classa.htm Histaer - Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A. (C.L.A.S.S.A.)]</ref>
+'''''Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas''''', meaning 'Subsidized Airlines Company', mostly known as '''CLASSA''', was a Spanish [[airline]] based in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>[http://postale.free.fr/plus/Galeriade-Fotografias-Historicas/Galeria-de-Fotografias-Historicas.html La Aviación Comercial en el Espacio Aéreo Español (1918-1936)]</ref><ref name="Histaer">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041209203645/http://www.histaer.org/compa/classa.htm Histaer - Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A. (C.L.A.S.S.A.)]</ref>
+The airline was established as part of the [[dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera|Miguel Primo de Rivera government's]] efforts to establish state-controlled monopolies controlling essential services. As had been done with [[CAMPSA]] and with [[Telefónica|CTNE]], a monopoly was created by merging existing Spanish [[air transport]] companies.<ref name="Histaer"/> CLASSA's [[inaugural flight]] took place on 27 May 1929 between [[Getafe Airport|Getafe (Madrid)]] and [[Sevilla]] although regular operations wouldn't officially start until November.
+CLASSA ceased operations in 1933, the second year of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]], and in those years did not have any [[air accident]]s.<ref name="GC"/>
-The airline was established in 1928 as a result of a vision of the military [[dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera]] of having a greater state-controlled Spanish airline. A monopoly of the aviation companies in Spain was proposedmas a public utility in the general interest.<ref name="Histaer"/> Its [[inaugural flight]] was on 27 May 1929 between [[Getafe Airport|Getafe (Madrid)]] and [[Sevilla]]. CLASSA earned a reputation for not having had a single [[air accident]] during its existence.<ref name="GC"/>
 ==History==
+CLASSA was an airline established following the creation of the Higher Aeronautic Council ''(Consejo Superior de Aeronáutica)'' through a decree issued on 9 April 1927. The newly created council existed to unify existing civil airlines which reflected [[General Primo de Rivera]]'s policy of establishing state monopolies to run the country's essential public services. Following a decree issued on 9 January 1928, the creation of a new airline was tendered and two proposals were presented.<ref name="Histaer"/>
-{{underconstruction}}
-CLASSA was an airline founded during [[General Primo de Rivera]]'s dictatorship following a decree issued in January 1928 by the military government that sought to unify all existing civil airlines.<ref name="Histaer"/>
-The companies that were merged were [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]], [[Unión Aérea Española]] (U.A.E.), [[Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo]] (C.E.T.A.)<ref name="ceta">[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209185033/http://www.histaer.org/compa/ceta.htm Histaer - C.E.T.A. ( Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo )]</ref> the pilot training company [[Compañía Española de Aviación]] (C.E.A.)<ref name="LUN">Luis Utrilla Navarro & Marcos García Cruzado (2005). ''Madrid: Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, S.A.,'' ed. Historia de los Aeropuertos de Madrid (I). ISBN 8496456315.</ref> and the [[airship]] line [[Transaérea Colón]]. The companies that had a contract with the government at that time, such as [[Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring]], were exempt from joining as long as their government contract was still in force.<ref name="Histaer"/>
+[[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]], [[Unión Aérea Española]] (U.A.E.), [[Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo]] (C.E.T.A.),<ref name="ceta">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041209185033/http://www.histaer.org/compa/ceta.htm Histaer - C.E.T.A. ( Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo )]</ref> the pilot training company [[Compañía Española de Aviación]] (C.E.A.)<ref name="LUN">Luis Utrilla Navarro & Marcos García Cruzado (2005). ''Madrid: Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, S.A.,'' ed. Historia de los Aeropuertos de Madrid (I). {{ISBN|8496456315}}.</ref> and the [[airship]] line [[Transaérea Colón]] were merged in order to form CLASSA. Companies with active government contracts, such as [[Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring]], were exempt from joining until their contracts expired, but would join later.<ref name="Histaer"/>
-The new airline was formally constituted as a company on 13 March 1929, with the name ''Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas, Sociedad Anónima.'' But it would be mostly known by its acronym 'CLASSA'. CLASSA would officially begin full operation of the lines on 25 November 1929. However, it was decided that the official date of its constitution would be 25 May 1929, which was the date in which CLASSA took over all the rights and obligations, including the fleets and staff of the companies that had been merged.<ref name="Histaer"/> The Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo (C.E.T.A.), a pioneer Spanish airline that had been founded in 1920, ceased to exist after the official date of establishment of CLASSA.<ref name="ceta"/>
+It was formally constituted as a company on 13 March 1929, with the full name ''Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas, [[Sociedad Anónima]],'' but it would be known by the acronym 'CLASSA', which officially began operations of the lines flown by the previous companies on 25 November 1929. However, it was decided that the official date of its constitution would be 25 May 1929, which was the date in which CLASSA took over the fleets and staff of the companies that had been merged.<ref name="Histaer"/> Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo (C.E.T.A.), which had been founded in 1920, ceased to exist at that time.<ref name="ceta"/>
-The only exception was the [[Sevilla]] - [[Granada]] flight by U.A.E. that would be continued to be operated by this company until January 1930. On that date the remaining two [[Junkers G 24]] used by U.A.E. to operate that line —one had been transferred to CLASSA the previous year— joined CLASSA's fleet.<ref name="uae">[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209213841/http://www.histaer.org/compa/uae.htm Histaer - Unión Aérea Española (U.A.E.)]</ref> U.A.E had sold all its CLASSA shares to [[Jorge Loring]] on 24 May 1929, by which Loring became the main ''de facto'' shareholder of the new company. Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring's Sevilla - [[Tetuán]] - [[Larache]] line would be taken over by CLASSA on 31 January 1931, date in which Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring in turn ceased to exist.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209210235/http://www.histaer.org/compa/jorge.htm Histaer - Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring]</ref>
+The only exception was U.A.E.'s [[Sevilla]] - [[Granada]] flight which would continue to be operated by this company until January 1930. On that date the remaining two [[Junkers G 24]]s used by U.A.E. joined CLASSA's fleet, while the third had been transferred to CLASSA the previous year.<ref name="uae">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041209213841/http://www.histaer.org/compa/uae.htm Histaer - Unión Aérea Española (U.A.E.)]</ref> U.A.E had sold all its CLASSA shares to [[Jorge Loring Martinez|Jorge Loring]] on 24 May 1929, at which time Loring became the primary ''de facto'' shareholder of the new company but ceased to exist once their Sevilla - [[Tetuán]] - [[Larache]] line was taken over by CLASSA on 31 January 1931.<ref name="Loring">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041209210235/http://www.histaer.org/compa/jorge.htm Histaer - Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring]</ref>
-In May 1930 CLASSA made the first flight to the [[Canary Islands]] using one of its [[Ford 4-AT]] [[trimotor]]s, the only plane of the fleet that had a radio on board.<ref name="GC">[https://grancanariaspotters.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/primer-vuelo-comercial-a-canarias/ Primer vuelo comercial a Canarias]</ref> The plane landed on 27 May at [[Los Rodeos Airport]] (now Tenerife Norte) in [[Tenerife Island]].
+In May 1930 CLASSA made the first commercial flight to the [[Canary Islands]] using one of its [[Ford 4-AT]] [[trimotor]]s, the only aircraft in the fleet with a radio.<ref name="GC">[https://grancanariaspotters.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/primer-vuelo-comercial-a-canarias/ Primer vuelo comercial a Canarias]</ref> The plane landed on 20 May at [[Los Rodeos Airport]] (now Tenerife Norte) in [[Tenerife Island]].
-Following the [[proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic]] in 1931 [[LAPE]] (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas), the airline that would replace CLASSA became established. On 23 September 1931 the contract between CLASSA and the Spanish government was declared void. LAPE began operations in April 1932, CLASSA flying under the [[Flag of the Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republican Flag]] for one year.<ref>[http://www.viajesybilletesdeavion.es/online-historia-de-los-vuelos-comerciales-en-espana.html Historia de los Vuelos Comerciales en España]</ref><ref>[http://airline-memorabilia.blogspot.com/2011/04/alas-de-la-republica-classa-lape-1934.html Alas de la República : CLASSA , LAPE (1934)]</ref> After the airline was wrapped up the republican government of Spain compensated all of CLASSA's shareholders.<ref name="LUN"/>
+Following the [[proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic]] in 1931 [[LAPE]] (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas) was established to replace CLASSA and on 23 September 1931, CLASSA's contract with the Spanish government was cancelled, however CLASSA continued flying under the [[Flag of the Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republican Flag]] for another year. LAPE began operations in April 1932, with their assets and fleets being merged.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.viajesybilletesdeavion.es/online-historia-de-los-vuelos-comerciales-en-espana.html |title=Historia de los Vuelos Comerciales en España |access-date=2015-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626104854/http://www.viajesybilletesdeavion.es/online-historia-de-los-vuelos-comerciales-en-espana.html |archive-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://airline-memorabilia.blogspot.com/2011/04/alas-de-la-republica-classa-lape-1934.html Alas de la República : CLASSA, LAPE (1934)]</ref> The Republican government of Spain compensated CLASSA's shareholders after it was dissolved.<ref name="LUN"/>
 ==Fleet==
+*1 [[Breguet 26T]] Limousine<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alasvirtuales.blogspot.com/2010/02/aviones-de-iberia-desde-su-fundacion.html |title=Aviones de Iberia |access-date=2015-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708140439/http://alasvirtuales.blogspot.com/2010/02/aviones-de-iberia-desde-su-fundacion.html |archive-date=2015-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-*2 [[Ford 4-AT]]
 *2 [[Fokker F.VII]]
+*2 [[Ford 4-AT]]
-*1 [[Breguet 26T]] Limousine<ref>[http://alasvirtuales.blogspot.com/2010/02/aviones-de-iberia-desde-su-fundacion.html Aviones de Iberia]</ref>
 *3 [[Junkers G 24]]<ref name="uae"/>
 ==See also==
-*[[Iberia (airline)]]
+*[[History of Iberia Airlines]]
 *[[LAPE]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{reflist|30em}}
 ==External links==
-*{{commonscat inline}}
+*{{commons category-inline}}
 *[http://airline-memorabilia.blogspot.com/2011/04/classa-193019311932.html Pictures of CLASSA memorabilia]
 *[http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Europe/Spain/Airlines.asp Airline History - Spain]
 {{airlines of Spain}}
-[[Category:Airlines established in 1929]]
+[[Category:Airlines established in 1928]]
-[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 1931]]
+[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 1933]]
 [[Category:Defunct airlines of Spain]]
+[[Category:1928 establishments in Spain]]
-[[es:Concesionaria de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas]]
+[[Category:1933 disestablishments in Spain]]
+[[Category:1933 mergers and acquisitions]]

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