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Vueling S.A. (/ ˈ v w ɛ. l ɪ ŋ /, VWE-ling) is a Spanish low-cost airline based at Viladecans in Greater Barcelona with operating bases at Barcelona–El Prat Airport (main); Paris-Orly Airport in Paris, France; Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy (secondary).
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Vueling Airbus A320-200. On 8 November 2012, IAG made a cash tender offer to buy Vueling, a Spanish low-cost airline based in Barcelona. The offer was €7 per ordinary share of Vueling, with the total cost of acquisition anticipated to be €113m. It was funded from internal IAG resources.
In 2019 Álex Cruz de Llano oversaw the successful beginning of a UK air service to Pakistan, making it the first Western airline in the country for ten years. [ 7 ] On the environmental impact of aviation , he said in August 2019 that British Airways and its competitors had to start "thinking about flying in different ways".
Since the merger, Vueling has become the second-largest Spanish carrier, flying 8.2 million passengers in 2009 to almost 50 destinations. After ceasing operations, 20 of the 26 aircraft went to Vueling. The rest of the fleet went to Astraeus Airlines, Vertir Airlines and Ural Airlines, with two being stored.
In January 2021, Volotea retired the last of its 19 Boeing 717-200s. [13] It was the last European airline to operate the type. In October 2021, Volotea won the auction for handling the PSOs, for a period of 7 months, to and from the island of Sardinia, organised by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia on behalf of the Italian Government.
International Airlines Group (IAG) announced in December 2016 flights from Barcelona to the US, Latin America and Asia for the summer of 2017. IAG, formed by British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, created Level, the second airline, after Norwegian, launching low-cost long haul flights from the Catalan city. [13]
This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares , usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company .