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Portuguese charter airline
Orbest
IATA ICAO Call sign
6O OBS ORBEST
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
AOC #PT-01/07
Operating basesLisbon Airport
Fleet size2
Destinationssee Iberojet destinations
Parent companyBarceló Group
HeadquartersLisbon, Portugal
Websiteorbest.com

Orbest, S.A. is a Portuguese charter airline headquartered in Lisbon and based at Lisbon Airport. It operates scheduled and charter flights in short- and long-haul operations out of Portugal and Spain both on behalf of tour operators, and jointly with its Spanish sister company Iberojet.

History

The company was set up in 2007 by the Orizonia Group. Orbest started operations with a single Airbus A330-200, registration CS-TRA. This aircraft remained with the airline until 2010, when the Orizonia Group announced an upgrade to a new and larger Airbus A330-300.

Following the collapse of the Orizonia Corporation, Orbest was purchased by the Barceló Group. The group also created a new airline under the name Evelop Airlines for operations in Spain, which received airplanes from both Orbest and the former Orbest Orizonia Airlines; all aircraft owned by Orbest were thereafter jointly operated by Evelop.

On 8 December 2020, Orbest merged with Evelop and the two companies operated under the Iberojet name.

Destinations

Main article: Iberojet (airline) § Destinations

Orbest operates under the Iberojet name, and operates to destinations on behalf of them.

Fleet

Current fleet

Orbest Airbus A330-900 in Iberojet livery

As of April 2024, Orbest operates the following aircraft under the Iberojet name:

Orbest Airlines
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A330-900 2 — 32 356 388 Operated for Iberojet.
Total 2 —

Historical fleet

Orbest Airbus A320-200

Orbest previously operated the following aircraft:

Orbest former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A320-200 3 2007 2021 1 transferred to Iberojet.
Airbus A330-200 2 2007 2010 Transferred to Orbest Orizonia Airlines.
2015 2016 Transferred to Air Europa.
Airbus A330-300 1 2010 2023 Transferred to World2Fly.

References

  1. "Portuguese Orbest sold to Barceló Group" (in Portuguese).
  2. "Evelop BookSecure PWA".
  3. ^ "Orbest Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Orbest Portugal at Wikimedia Commons

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