Vueling Airlines’ board accepts IAG latest raised bid, won’t be merged with Iberia
Vueling Airlines‘ (Barcelona) board of directors has approved the latest bid by the International Airlines Group (IAG) (London) after IAG raised its bid for the remaining shares by 32 percent to €9.25 a share.
IAG CEO Willie Walsh also stated Vueling Airlines will remain a separate carrier and will not be merged with the higher cost and troubled Iberia (Madrid).
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Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss. Airbus A320-214 D-AXAS (msn 5533) with Sharklets at a snowy Hamburg (Finkenwerder) became EC-LVO when it was handed over on April 5.
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Vueling Airlines accepts its first Airbus A320 with Sharklets
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) (Barcelona) has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices, becoming the first Spanish carrier to do so. Including this delivery, Vueling’s in-service fleet rises to 61 A320 Family aircraft
Sharklets are newly designed wing-tip devices that improve the aircraft’s aerodynamics and significantly cut the airline’s fuel burn and emissions by four per cent on longer sectors. Sharklets are an option on new-build A320 Family aircraft, and standard on all members of the NEO Family. They offer the flexibility to A320 Family operators of either adding around 100 nautical miles more range or allowing an increased payload capability of up to 450 kilograms.
Copyright Photo: Eurospot. The pictured A320-232 F-WWGD (msn 5530) became EC-LUO on delivery.
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Vueling Airlines’ board rejects the takeover offer by IAG
Vueling Airlines‘ (Barcelona) board has rejected the latest offer by the International Airlines Group (IAG) (London) to acquire the remaining shares in the low-fare airline. The board believes the IAG $148 million bid undervalues the company and is recommending that all stockholders reject the latest bid.
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Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Airbus A320-232 EC-LQN (msn 2168) completes its final approach into London (Heathrow).
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IAG applies for a tender offer to acquire Vueling Airlines
International Airlines Group-IAG’s (London), the parent of British Airways (London) and Iberia (Madrid), through its subsidiary Veloz Holdco, has formally filed an application for Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) through a tender offer. IAG is seeking authorization from the National Securities Market Commission of Spain for the market offer. IAG plans to acquire 16.2 million shares of Vueling Airlines or 51.14 percent of the total shares, that it does not already own through subsidiary Iberia, which already controls 45.85 percent of the Vueling shares.
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Copyright Photo: Pedro Baptista. Vueling Airlines’ Airbus A319-112 EC-LRS (msn 3704) approaches Barcelona for landing.
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Vueling Airlines to add 28 new routes from Barcelona next summer
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) is again increasing its route network at its home airport next summer. The low-fare airline issued the following statement:
Vueling in 2013 will for the fourth consecutive year, will expand operations at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport, where it plans to reach 100 direct destinations during the upcoming summer season. Highlights include new routes especially attractive to the business traveler as London-Gatwick, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, as well as a significant increase in flights to new cities in Germany, France, Italy and Scandinavia.
In the last two seasons of summer, the company has launched a total of 45 new destinations that have made the second El Prat airport in Europe after Frankfurt, with greater flight of short and medium haul by your company dominant airline. The goal is that by 2014 Vueling Barcelona will become the European leader in this type of connections.
Of the 28 new routes planned for next summer IATA season, which begins in March 2013, highlights five never before operated from El Prat: Dresden (Germany), Rennes (France), Fez (Morocco), Rhodes and Kos (Greece ). The airline also added four new countries to its network: Gambia (Banjul), Finland (Helsinki), Bulgaria (Sofia) and Luxembourg.
Vueling, which already flies to London-Heathrow, starting in 2013 the route London-Gatwick Barcelona. It also launched routes to other European cities and North particularly attractive to business travelers and Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Turin and Casablanca. With this, the company responds to the demand for direct connections between Barcelona and different regions of interest to businesses. The goal is to reach Vueling end of 2013 to 50% of business travelers on its flights.
To meet this new offering, the airline will increase the number of aircraft based in El Prat from 34 to 43 and will include 500 new employees, including pilots, cabin crews and support personnel from different categories and specialties.
With this new momentum, Vueling consolidates its leadership position in El Prat, which currently has a market share of 30%, operating over 240 flights daily. Under this increased activity, Barcelona Vueling expects to attract a greater number of travelers who visited the city during the summer of 2012 on flights of the company, which was 4.7 million.
Besides Barcelona, Vueling will also grow in most of its other operating bases. Next season, there will be more flights from Bilbao to Canaries, Greek Islands and the route to Berlin will operate from the beginning of the summer. From Malaga and Alicante, there will be more routes to France and Benelux.Baleares will increase capacity on some of its existing routes, such as Palma-Moscow spends three to five times a week. Paris Orly and Amsterdam increase capacity in existing flights. And finally, in Canary thinking times will improve the business traveler and the connection with northern Europe through the company’s hub in Barcelona.
Vueling renews communication code and presents a new class Excellence for the business traveler Vueling continues to work to improve services for the business traveler. This launches the new class to Excellence, a very competitive price, offers all the elements required by the passenger to fly with flexibility, convenience and speed. Different cabin seating, lounge access, preferential boarding, ergonomic head, snack on board, total flexibility changes and extra points loyalty plans of the company are some of the attributes of this rate.
All these developments are part of a significant change for the airline: a new communication code that aims to project maturity and current size of the company without sacrificing the innovative spirit that has always characterized the brand. The starting point of all the work of the company is its people.
All this is included in a brand new concept:
LOVE THE WAY YOU FLY
It is a concept that denotes quality international service and closeness and trust.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. Airbus A320-211 EC-FQY (msn 356) completes its final approach.
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Vueling Airlines celebrates 50 million passengers
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) (Barcelona) has now flown over 50 million passengers. To celebrate this milestone, the airline previously asked for help in preparing its first ever mid-air photography exhibition named the Vueling Air Gallery.
Vueling has now decorated one of its Airbus A320s with a selection of winning Instagram photos of Vueling destinations submitted by its passengers.
The 50 photos were chosen by a panel of judges and became a part of the Vueling Air Gallery book, which will now travel to all the Vueling destinations on board this aircraft. Each winner received a free roundtrip flight to any Vueling destination from their nearest airport.
Vueling Airlines cuts its first quarter loss to $21.3 million, will decorate an Airbus A320 with passenger photos
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) (Barcelona) improved on its first quarter results by reducing its net loss to $21.3 million, an improvement of over 28 percent according to Flightglobal.
In other news, the low-fare airline has now flown over 50 million passengers. To celebrate this milestone, the airline is asking for help in preparing the first ever mid-air photography exhibition named the Vueling Air Gallery.
Vueling is going to decorate one of its Airbus A320s with a selection of Instagram photos of Vueling destinations. The airline is asking its passengers to be a contributing photographer.
According to the airline, “But that’s not all… not only can you get one of your photographs up into the clouds but, if your photo is one of the 50 chosen by our panel of judges, you will form part of the Vueling Air Gallery book, which will travel to all the Vueling destinations on board that aircraft. Here comes the best bit… each one of those 50 winners will receive a return flight to any Vueling destination from their nearest airport!
Vueling Airlines adds additional capacity at Barcelona and Bilbao
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KKT (msn 3293) PMI (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) in the wake of the Spanair failure, is adding extra capacity on 18 routes radiating from its Barcelona base.
In addition, the low-fare carrier intends to launch new routes from Bilbao to Lanzarote, Las Palmas and Tenerife (Norte) on March 25 per Airline Route.
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Vueling Airlines may make a bid for MALEV
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KDG (msn 3095) (2011 MTV logojet-Fly Me I’m Famous!-Cathy and David Guetta) AMS (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) is interested in acquiring MALEV Hungarian Airlines (Budapest) according to a report by business weekly Figyelo. According to the article, Vueling has concluded negotiations with the National Development Ministry. A business plan will be presented to the Vueling board of directors next month.
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Vueling Airlines to add 23 routes from Barcelona
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KDG (msn 3095) (2011 MTV logojet-Fly Me I’m Famous!-Cathy and David Guetta) AMS (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) continues to expand. The low-fare airline is adding 23 new routes from Barcelona this summer season and also adding new aircraft, including one Airbus A319 and four A320s.
According to this CNA report, the new flights from BCN will become available gradually from March, depending on the destination, until the summer, when all 23 routes will be added. According to CNA, “the new routes represent a 17.5% increase in the number of destinations offered. 10 of the 23 new routes were not offered by any other airline.”
Some of the new destinations from BCN are: San Sebastian, Almeria and Lanzarote in Spain, Nuremberg, Split, Lourdes, Stavanger, Southampton, Edinburgh and Malmo.
Vueling is also increasing the frequency on some of the routes from Barcelona, including Milan, Moscow, Pisa, Tenerife, and Las Palmas.
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Vueling Airlines to launch Barcelona-Nuremberg seasonal service on June 22
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) Airbus A319-111 EC-JXJ (msn 2889) TLS (Guillaume Besnard) (1st A319), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) will start seasonal three-times-a-week service between the Barcelona hub and Nuremberg on June 22. It will end on September 17 and will be operated with Airbus A319s.
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Vueling Airlines to launch two new routes from Wales in June
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KKT (msn 3293) PMI (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) following its decision last year to launch a Cardiff to Barcelona service from March, the low-fare airline is now adding three-times-a-week services from Cardiff to Alicante and Palma de Mallorca in June per this report by WalesOnline.
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Vueling Airlines records a $54.8 million net profit in the third quarter
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KDG (msn 3095) (2011 MTV logojet-Fly Me I’m Famous!-Cathy and David Guetta) AMS (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) reported a net profit of $54.8 million in the third quarter.
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Vueling Airlines slips to a $35 million loss in the first quarter
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-JZQ (msn 992) ORY (Pepscl), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) slipped to a $35 million loss in the first quarter according to ATW.
In January 2011,Vueling announced it would add a further nine aircraft to their fleet during 2011, including its first Airbus A319. Six Airbus A320s will be delivered between April and June 2011, while the remaining two A320s will be delivered by the end of 2011. The first A319 was delivered in April 2010. Those extra aircraft will be used in order to increase the Madrid base, with some destinations being added, including Warsaw and Bucharest-Otopeni.
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Vueling Airlines adds its first Airbus A319
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) Airbus A319-111 EC-JXJ (msn 2889) TLS (Guillaume Besnard) (1st A319), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) has added its first Airbus A319.
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Vueling Airlines records a net profit of $62 million in 2010
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KKT (msn 3293) PMI (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) (Barcelona) recorded a net profit of $62 million in 2010.
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Vueling Airlines to open an Amsterdam base
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-JZQ (msn 992) ORY (Pepscl), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) will become the first foreign carrier to have a base at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Vueling is increasing its presence at AMS by 35 percent in 2011. The expansion will include three new destinations – Alicante, Palma de Majorca and Zurich for a total of 10 routes radiating from AMS. Vueling’s new base will be its ninth base and the second international base after Toulouse.
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Vueling Airlines reports a first quarter loss of $8.4 million
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) Airbus A320-214 EC-KKT (msn 3293) PMI (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) (Barcelona) reported a first quarter net loss of $8.4 million.
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Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Vueling Airlines’ Airbus A320-214 EC-KKT (msn 3293) taxies past the camera at Palma de Mallorca.
Vueling A320 engine catches on fire at Orly
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) had its Airbus A320-211 EC-ICQ (msn 199) involved in an incident yesterday at Paris (Orly). Passengers were evacuated after an engine caught on fire. Eight people were reported to be slightly injured according to Reuters.
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Vueling to use Facebook/Twitter to name aircraft
Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) is conducting an European contest on Facebook and Twitter to name five new Airbus A320s.
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Vueling posts a $4.1 million 2Q net profit
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Vueling and Clickair to merge on July 9
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Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) and Clickair (Barcelona) will formally merge on July 9 creating a new Vueling with 35 Airbus A320s (17 from Vueling and 18 from Clickair). The Clickair name will be retired. The new Vueling will serve 46 destinations with a total of 92 routes.
