[1] 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.

Together with Pullmantur Air and Iberworld it also found a niche in the lucrative transport of pilgrims to Hajj from Southeast Asia.

[5] 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.