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16 Facts About Vueling Airlines

1.

Vueling Airlines was established on 10 February 2004 and commenced operations on 1 July 2004 with a flight between Barcelona and Ibiza.

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The name Vueling Airlines was formed by combining the Spanish word vuelo with the English gerund suffix -ing.

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3.

In November 2007, Vueling Airlines appointed managing director of Spanair Lars Nygaard as CEO to replace Carlos Munoz, who remained a member of the Board of Directors.

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4.

In November 2010, Vueling Airlines announced a new base at Toulouse Airport in France from April 2011, followed in December 2010 by the announcement of a new base in Amsterdam, to open during April 2011.

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5.

In January 2011, further expansion was announced with Vueling Airlines adding a further nine aircraft to its fleet, including Airbus A319 aircraft.

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6.

On 5 December 2012, Vueling Airlines announced the opening of a new base of operations in Florence: the carrier is to base one aircraft there and serve four new European destinations.

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7.

Ten months later, on 25 October 2013, Vueling Airlines launched Florence-Catania, its first domestic route in Italy.

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8.

On 6 November 2013, Vueling Airlines announced a new base with one aircraft in Brussels, with seven new destinations from May 2014, in addition to the four previous routes from Brussels.

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9.

Also in November 2013, Vueling Airlines announced an expansion of its base at Rome-Fiumicino.

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10.

In October 2016, Vueling Airlines shut down their bases in Brussels, Catania and Palermo as part of restructuring measures.

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11.

In March 2017, Vueling Airlines cancelled its route from Barcelona to Frankfurt Airport.

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12.

In 2020, Vueling Airlines announced new routes linking Paris, France and Dubrovnik, Croatia and Seville, Spain and Marrakech, Morocco.

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13.

Vueling Airlines had urged its shareholders to reject IAG's offer and its shareholders had until the 8th of April 2013 to decide upon the recommendation.

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14.

On 9 April 2013, the board of Vueling Airlines unanimously recommended shareholders accept an improved offer of €9.

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15.

Vueling Airlines remains a standalone company now within the IAG, and its management structure is unchanged; however, Vueling Airlines's CEO reports directly to IAG CEO Willie Walsh.

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16.

Vueling Airlines Club replaced Vueling Airlines's original programme, Punto, on 27 October 2017, after being announced prior in August 2017.

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