It has been reported that Spanair would cease operations at about 6.30pm, Spanish time. It had been hoped that Qatar Airways would be the white knight, but talks broke up this week and given the state of the Spanish economy, most carriers must be suffering.
Sadly, Spanair adds to a long list of Spanish airlines which have left us over the past few years - most recently Futura.
Spanair began its operations with MD80s in 1988 ...
JetPhotos.Net Photo » EC-FXA (CN: 49938) Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-83 by John Fitzpatrick
... but changed to Airbus A320/321s from around 2000.
JetPhotos.Net Photo » EC-HPM (CN: 1276) Spanair Airbus A321-231 by John Fitzpatrick