Aviation

CityJet joins Spanish airline in Sara regional aviation alliance

The combined fleet size of the group will be 73 across three different airlines

Pat Byrne, chief executive of CityJet, which is joining forces with Spanish-based Air Nostrum to create a new regional aviation bloc. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Irish airline CityJet is joining forces with Spanish-based Air Nostrum to create a new regional aviation bloc.

The Strategic Alliance of Regional Airlines (Sara), a new company owned by Air Nostrum (80 per cent) and CityJet (20 per cent), will provide synergies between three airlines, including Air Nostrum subsidiary Hibernian.

Miguel Ángel Falcón, general manager of Sara and vice-president of Air Nostrum, said: “The alliance is something we have been pursuing for over five years, ...