Vueling
Sign in to saveVueling S.A. ( , ) is a Spanish low-cost airline based in Viladecans in Greater Barcelona with operating bases in Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain (main), Paris Orly Airport in France, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands, London Gatwick Airport in the UK, and Rome Fiumicino Airport in Italy (secondary). It is the largest airline in Spain as measured by fleet size and number of destinations. As of 2021, Vueling serves 122 destinations in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and carried more than 34 million passengers in 2019. Since 2013, it has been an operating company of International Airlin
Key facts
- Airline.airline
- Vueling S.A.
- Airline.IATA
- VY
- Airline.ICAO
- VLG
- Airline.callsign
- VUELING
- Airline.frequent_flyer
- Vueling Club (Avios affiliate)
- Airline.fleet_size
- 136
- Airline.destinations
- 99
- Airline.parent
- IAG (97.52%)
- Airline.num_employees
- 3,189
- Airline.logo
- Logo Vueling.svg
- Airline.logo_size
- 250
- Airline.image
- Vueling A320-214 (EC-JZQ) departing Barcelona Airport.jpg
- Airline.image_size
- 250px
- Airline.operating_income
- €181.1 million (2017)
- Airline.net_income
- €117.2 million (2017)
- Airline.assets
- €1,509.9 million (2017)
- Airline.equity
- €237.2 million (2012)
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- Financial concerns and management re-shuffle
- Vueling and Clickair merger
- Co-operation with MTV
- 2010 onwards
- Corporate affairs
- Business trends
- Takeover by IAG
- Frequent flyer programme
- Destinations
- Codeshare agreements
- Fleet
- Notes
- References
- External links
Vueling S.A. ( , ) is a Spanish low-cost airline based in Viladecans in Greater Barcelona with operating bases in Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain (main), Paris Orly Airport in France, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands, London Gatwick Airport in the UK, and Rome Fiumicino Airport in Italy (secondary). It is the largest airline in Spain as measured by fleet size and number of destinations. As of 2021, Vueling serves 122 destinations in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and carried more than 34 million passengers in 2019. Since 2013, it has been an operating company of International Airlines Group, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus.
== History == ===Early years=== Vueling was established on 10 February 2004 and commenced operations on 1 July 2004 with a flight between Barcelona and Ibiza. The initial fleet consisted of two Airbus A320 aircraft, based in Barcelona serving Brussels, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca and Paris-CDG. The name Vueling was formed by combining the Spanish word vuelo (flight) with the English gerund suffix -ing.