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Drenair

former Spanish airline

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ20977970 ↗
Source-derived summary

Drenair was an airline based in Madrid, Spain.

History

Drenair was founded in 1986 by Spanish entrepreneur Salvador Sanchís Pavía, who would be also the owner of the company, together with Rafael Murcia Llorens. It operated domestic passenger and cargo services. The airline went bankrupt in 1996 and was subsequently bailed out, but owing to mounting losses it ceased operations in 2003.

Code data

ICAO Code: DRS (not current)

Fleet

Drenair used different aircraft along its history.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Drenair” as former Spanish airline. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Drenair, former and Spanish.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 1996, 2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Drenair, former and Spanish providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20977970. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986, 1996 and 2003.

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This entry incorporates text from “Drenair” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.