The proposed new Spanish carrier, Plus Ultra Lineas Aereas, received the first of two planned A340-313X's, A9C-LG (c/n 212), on September 1. The aircraft was painted in the airline's full colors as seen in the photo below:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7881362
The plane was originally delivered to Singapore Airlines in 1998 and transferred to Gulf Air in 2003 but was stored in June 2011, most recently at Amman, Jordan's Queen Alia Airport. It is due to be re-registered as EC-MDG.
Sistership A9C-LH, (c/n 215), has an identical history, having also been delivered to Singapore, flown with Gulf Air and stored in Jordan. It is also due to join Plus Ultra.
Plus Ultra was established in 2011 by former Air Madrid director Julio Miguel Martinez Sola with the intention of flying long-haul flights from Madrid (MAD) to Latin America, including Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE), Bogota, Havana, and Santiago, much in the same fashion as Air Madrid did from 2003 to 2006, with A330's and a single A340. However, the airline has yet to start flying and its website barely has any information on it: http://www.plusultra.com/ If it launches service, Plus Ultra will face stiff competition from Aerolineas Argentinas, Air Europa and Iberia.
"Plus Ultra" is the national motto of Spain, which in Latin means "further beyond".
A Dornier Do J flying boat named "Plus Ultra" flew the first transatlantic flight from Spain to South America in 1926, completing the four-day journey from Palo de las Fronteras, Spain to Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 26. The aircraft is currently on display in the Carriage Museum in Lujan, Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_Ultra_(aircraft)
Sources:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7881362
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-a340-212.htm
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-a340-215.htm
http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/30839-spanish-start-up-plus-ultra-lneas-areas-gets-first-a340
http://worldairlinenews.com/2014/09/04/plus-ultra-lineas-aereas-takes-delivery-of-its-first-aircraft-hopes-to-fly-from-madrid-to-south-america/
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140904/avn-140904.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Madrid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_ultra_(motto)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_Ultra_(aircraft)
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