Privilege Style

Spanish airline

Privilege Style

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
P6	PVG	PRIVILEGE

Founded

2003; 21 years ago (2003)

Hubs

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport

Fleet size

Destinations

Charter

Headquarters

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Website

privilegestyle.com

Privilege Style is a Spanish charter airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca and based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.^[1]

Operations

According to the airline, its VIP customers include several Spanish companies and also teams from Spain's first football league.^[2] In June and July 2014, Privilege Style operated Finnair's flights from Helsinki to New York-JFK while one of Finnair's A330s was out of service for extended maintenance.^[3] The same happened again in December 2015.^[4] In the summer of 2015, the airline leased its Boeing 767-300ER to El Al. As of June 2016, all of Privilege Style's aircraft were operating for El Al, except the 767 which currently operates for Condor Flugdienst.^[5]

In 2018 the 777 has been operated daily for Norwegian Air Shuttle on their since terminated Rome-Newark route, due to major technical issues affecting Norwegian’s 787 fleet. In late spring 2019, Norwegian again started using Privilege Style's 777 for their London-Miami route. In November 2019, Surinam Airways started using Privilege Style's 777 for their Paramaribo to Amsterdam route, after they had to suddenly retire their only long-haul plane, an aging Airbus A340.^[6]^[7]

In February 2021, Privilege Style selected the Airbus A321 as a replacement for their aging 757s. The used A321 was previously operated by SriLankan Airlines.^[8]

The company was scheduled to undertake a deportation flight of asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda on 14 June 2022 although this never went ahead due to legal challenges.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] After pressure from various campaign groups, in October 2022 the company announced that it wouldn't carry out any future deportation flights between the two countries.^[13]

In June 2023, an Airbus A330 previously operated by Virgin Australia was added to the fleet as a replacement for the Boeing 767.^[14]

Fleet

As of May 2024, Privilege Style's fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[8]

Privilege Style fleet
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	C	Y	Total
Airbus A321-200	2	—	—	214	214
Airbus A330-200	1	—	20	255	275
Boeing 777-200ER	1	1^[8]	30	282	312
Total	4	1

References

^ "Privilege Style". AirlineUpdate.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
^ Privilege Style webpage, recovered 13 April 2014
^ "Finnairin koneen siivestä löytyi särö – yhtiö lentää New Yorkiin kesällä ulkomaalaisilla koneilla ja miehistöillä". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "finnair.com - Info". Finnair. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^ "El al to lease a Spanish B767 for flights to Germany".
^ "PY 994 | Paramaribo - Amsterdam". Schiphol. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
^ Cross, Ryan (2019-11-01). "Surinam Airways Loses Long-Haul Capabilities". Morten Beyer & Agnew. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c planespotters.net - Privilege Style Fleet Details and History retrieved 30 May 2024
^ "Day of drama and despair before Rwanda flight called off". the Guardian. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ Kellaway, Robert (2022-06-15). "'Privilege Style: Stop tearing families apart' Rwanda protesters' message to jet bosses". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^ "First Rwanda deportation flight could be cancelled amid legal battles". TheGuardian.com. 13 June 2022.
^ Field, James (2022-06-14). "Privilege Style Under Fire For Involvement in Removing Refugees from the UK to Rwanda". AviationSource. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "Airline hired for UK's Rwanda deportations pulls out of scheme". the Guardian. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
^ "Privilege Style Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2023-06-08.