The Spanish airline specialized in charter flights Wamos Air -formerly called Pullmantur Air-, has gained notoriety around the world during the last decade by operating a fleet of Boeing 747-400 that visited tourist destinations around the world, mainly in services for its company sister Pullmantur Cruises.
In some cases, the large Jumbos were rented to other airlines that needed extra aircraft, as in the case of LATAM in 2018 when the Boeing 787 had to be out of service due to engine problems, as reported in our associated media in Brazill, Aeroin.net.
During the pandemic, Wamos’ B747s also played an important role in the repatriation of isolated tourists in distant destinations due to the suspension of flights around the world. There was a day in March 2020 in which two of them were sent practically together from Madrid to Hawaii.
But, as happened with most of the Jumbos fleets of airlines around the world, the prolongation of the health crisis has made it impossible to maintain the operation of such a large four-engined aircraft in the midst of such a low demand for passengers, and now the Spanish company joins the list of those who retired the 747-400.
Until the start of the pandemic, there were seven units making up its fleet, according to Airfleets, registered as EC-KXN, EC-LNA, EC-KQC, EC-MDS, EC-KSM, EC-MQK and EC-MRM, which were withdrawn of service throughout 2020, until March 26 when the last of them, the EC-KXN, left Madrid and put an end to the history of the Queen of the Skies in the company.
And to honor and thank the iconic aircraft for the services provided for just over 6 years, Wamos Air published a beautiful video:
[videopress Z6s8vNQ7]With the departure of Jumbos, Wamos Air now only has Airbus A330-200 and A330-300 aircraft in its fleet.
