Mint Airways was founded on 3 June 2009 by Inter-Flights —part of the International Flights Network SA, a Spanish company with its headquarters in Madrid.[2] It began operating charter services from Madrid-Barajas airport using a Boeing 757 aircraft.[1]
Mint Airways began facing financial difficulties after Comtel Air —an Austrian airline with which it had a leasing contract— filed for bankruptcy in late 2011.[citation needed] Following a scandal in which Comtel Air flight crew asked stranded passengers to pay for the aircraft fuel,[6] Mint Airways initiated legal action against Comtel.[7]
Mint Airways became insolvent on 22 May 2012 —less than three years after having started—[8] following which it ceased all operations.[9][10]