Orbest

{{Infobox Airline

|airline=Orbest

|logo=Orbest.png

|logo_size=200

|fleet_size=2

|destinations=see Iberojet destinations

|IATA=6O

|ICAO=OBS

|callsign=ORBEST

|parent=Barceló Group

|founded={{start date and age|2007}}

|ceased=

|aoc=PT-01/07

|headquarters=Lisbon, Portugal

|key_people=

|bases=Lisbon Airport

|website=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190502231630/https://www.orbest.com/ orbest.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.{{cn|date=December 2016}}

Following the collapse of the Orizonia Corporation, Orbest was purchased by the Barceló Group.[http://www.presstur.com/site/news.asp?news=41119 "Portuguese Orbest sold to Barceló Group"] (in Portuguese). 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.{{cn|date=December 2016}}

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

Destinations

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

Fleet

=Current fleet=

File:Hamburg Airport Iberojet Airbus A330-941 CS-TKH (DSC08679).jpg in Iberojet livery]]

{{As of|2024|4}}, Orbest operates the following aircraft under the Iberojet name:{{Cite web|url=http://www.orbest.com/pt/a-nossa-frota/|title=Evelop BookSecure PWA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Orbest |title=Orbest Fleet Details and History |website=Planespotters.net |access-date=8 August 2020}}

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+ Orbest Airlines ! rowspan="2"\|Aircraft ! rowspan="2"\|In service ! rowspan="2"\|Orders ! colspan="3"\|Passengers ! rowspan="2"\|Notes
C ! Y ! Total
Airbus A330-900 \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|— \|align=center\|32 \|align=center\|356 \|align=center\|388 \|Operated for Iberojet.
Total !2 !— !colspan=3\| !colspan=1\|

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+ Orbest Airlines

! rowspan="2"|Aircraft

! rowspan="2"|In
service

! rowspan="2"|Orders

! colspan="3"|Passengers

! rowspan="2"|Notes

! Y

! Total

Airbus A330-900

|align=center|2

|align=center|—

|align=center|32

|align=center|356

|align=center|388

|Operated for Iberojet.

Total

!—

!colspan=3|

!colspan=1|

=Historical fleet=

File:CS-TRL 1 A320-214 Orbest PMI 02JUN13 (8924835617).jpg]]

Orbest previously operated the following aircraft:

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center" \|+ Orbest former fleet
Aircraft !Total !Introduced !Retired !Notes
Airbus A320-200 \|3 \|2007 \|2021 \|1 transferred to Iberojet.
rowspan=2\|Airbus A330-200 \|rowspan=2\|2 \|2007 \|2010 \|Transferred to Orbest Orizonia Airlines.
2015 \|2016 \|Transferred to Air Europa.
Airbus A330-300 \|1 \|2010 \|2023 \|Transferred to World2Fly.

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|+ Orbest former fleet

Aircraft

!Total

!Introduced

!Retired

!Notes

Airbus A320-200

|2007

|2021

|1 transferred to Iberojet.

rowspan=2|Airbus A330-200