CLASSA
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CLASSA Fokker F.VII3M
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| Founded | 1928 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1929 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1932 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | Fleet below | ||||||
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain | ||||||
Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas, meaning 'Subsidized Airlines Company', mostly known as CLASSA, was a Spanish airline based in Madrid, Spain.
The airline was established in 1928 as a result of the aim of the military dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera of having a greater state-controlled Spanish airline monopolizing air transport. As had been done with CAMPSA and with the telephone communications, a monopoly made up by merging the existing aviation companies in Spain was presented as a desirable goal in the general interest. CLASSA's inaugural flight took place on 27 May 1929 between Getafe (Madrid) and Sevilla.
This airline, which ceased operations in the second year of the Spanish Republic, earned a positive reputation for not having had a single air accident during its existence.
CLASSA was an airline founded during General Primo de Rivera's dictatorship. It was established together with the Higher Aeronautic Council (Consejo Superior de Aeronáutica) by virtue of a decree issued on 9 April 1927 —the explicit aim of the newly created council being to unify all existing civil airlines. This aim reflected General Primo de Rivera's policy of establishing monopolies strongly intervened by the state to run the basic public services of the nation. Following a decree issued on 9 January 1928 by the military government, the creation of a new airline was put out to tender and two proposals were presented.
The companies that were merged in order to form CLASSA were Iberia, Unión Aérea Española (U.A.E.), Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo (C.E.T.A.) the pilot training company Compañía Española de Aviación (C.E.A.) and the airship line Transaérea Colón. The companies that had a contract with the government at that time, such as Compañía Aérea Jorge Loring, were exempt from joining as long as their government contract was still in force.
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