Vueling Airlines is a low-fare airline based in Barcelona, Spain. It links to many destinations in Europe and also the western Mediterranean. Its main base is Barcelona Airport, with additional hubs at Valencia Airport, Bilbao Airport and Madrid Airport. The airline was established in 2004 and started operations on 1 July 2004. It is owned by Apax Partners (39%), Inversiones Hemisferio (Grupo Planeta) (30%), management team (23%) and private investors (7%). On 1 March 2005 it was announced that International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) had placed six new Airbus A320 aircraft on six year lease terms with Vueling Airlines, for delivery between April and December 2006. Vueling Airlines operates the following services (at October 2005): Domestic scheduled destinations: Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Menorca, Málaga, Ibiza, Seville and Valencia. International scheduled destinations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan, Lisbon, Paris and Rome. Este artículo esta bajo la licencia de documentación libre GNU. Se usa material del artículo Wikipedia "Vueling Airlines". |