Iberia has made this announcement:

• The airline has reopened its last two destinations in Latin America –Caracas and Rio de Janeiro-, and is expanding in others such as Havana, Quito-Guayaquil, and Guatemala-El Salvador

• In the US, Iberia will extend its direct flights to Dallas/Fort Worth into the winter season, although this route was initially launched for the summer season and will increase frequencies in New York and Miami.

• In Europe, Iberia will maintain the route with Funchal and increase capacity in several destinations such as Milan, Rome, and Geneva

• In the domestic market, Iberia reinforces its commitment to the cities with the highest corporate traffic, such as Barcelona and Bilbao

• Iberia Express will increase its activity by 49% in the Balearic Islands and 28% in the Canary Islands

Iberia is finalizing its 2022-2023 winter program, which begins on October 30, 2022 and will run until March 25, 2023. The airline continues to consolidate the recovery of its entire flight and destination network, and this winter it will offer the same capacity as it did before the pandemic, largely thanks to the relaunch of its latest routes in Latin America, to its commitment to its US flights, and to a greater deployment of flights in its short- and medium-haul network.

Focus on Latin America

Iberia fulfils its commitment to recover direct flights to Rio de Janeiro and Caracas, the last two destinations that were still pending after the pandemic, and, starting in November, the airline will offer three weekly frequencies on each of the routes.

The other most relevant developments in this market are Havana, from three to five weekly frequencies, the Guatemala-El Salvador route, from five to seven weekly frequencies, Quito, with six weekly flights, and Guayaquil, with three.

Mexico continues to be the market with the greatest number of flights available, along with Bogotá and Buenos Aires, where Iberia will consolidate its two daily flights this winter season. In Santiago de Chile, Lima, and Sao Paulo it maintains a daily flight, as well as in San José in Costa Rica, which goes from six to seven weekly frequencies. Montevideo and Panama will have six weekly flights and Puerto Rico will have four throughout the winter.

Dallas extended into the winter season

In the US, the main change is the extension of the Dallas/Fort Worth operation into the winter season. Initally, Iberia launched this new route just for this summer until October 29, 2022. Dallas is the main hub for American Airlines -an Iberia, British Airways, Finnair, and Aer Lingus partner in the JBA for the North Atlantic router- and generates enough traffic to maintain this route also in winter, with three weekly frequencies until February and four in March. Iberia operates this route with the Airbus A330, allowing customers to enjoy its full range: Business, Premium Economy, and Economy.

In addition, Iberia grows in several destinations in the US compared to last winter, as travel restrictions from Europe were not lifted until last November. In Miami it will go from 10 to 14 weekly frequencies -two daily flights- and in New York, from 10 to 13 weekly frequencies, reaching 14 in March.

Greater capacity on short- and medium-haul flights

In its short and medium-haul network, the Iberia Group deploys even greater capacity than in the 2019 winter, with a commitment to both corporate and leisure markets.

In Europe, Iberia focuses on Italy. The airline will add seven extra frequencies in Milan (going from 28 to 35 weekly flights) and four extra ones in Rome (37 weekly flights). At both destinations, it will offer an average of five daily flights in each direction.

In Portugal, Iberia will offer up to 40 weekly flights in Lisbon (up to six daily flights) and will operate its route to Funchal through the winter with three weekly frequencies.

Geneva, Brussels, and Bordeaux are other corporate routes where Iberia will increase its capacity. In Geneva it will reach 34 weekly frequencies (up to five daily flights); in Brussels, it will offer up to three daily frequencies; and in Bordeaux, Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum will also increase its flights, reaching three daily frequencies.

In Spain, Iberia, Iberia Express, and Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum will focus on business traffic and also on the Balearic and Canary Islands.

In the winter season, Iberia resumes all its operations on the Madrid-Barcelona Air Shuttle service, reaching pre-pandemic levels, with 87 weekly frequencies and up to 15 daily flights in each direction.

The airline is also expanding in Bilbao, with up to six daily flights; in La Coruña, Asturias, and Vigo, with up to four daily flights; and in Santiago, Santander, and San Sebastián, with three daily flights.

For its part, Iberia Express will increase its capacity in the Balearic Islands by around 49% compared to the same period in 2019-20, with particularly significant growth on the Madrid-Ibiza route. In the Canary Islands, it will increase capacity by around 28%, especially in Tenerife, Lanzarote, and La Palma, with over one million seats on offer.

Iberia Express will also strengthen its flight programme to other national destinations such as Malaga and Seville, and international destinations such as Copenhagen, Dublin, Berlin, and Lyon.

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Iberia has made this announcement:

• Iberia and Iberia Express were the most punctual network and low cost airline in the world in January and, in February, Iberia was the second most punctual in the world and Iberia Express the second in Europe

• The United States will be its star market, with the premiere of the routes to Dallas and Washington and the recovery of San Francisco

• In Latin America, Iberia recovers the two daily flights with Argentina, Colombia and Mexico

• In Europe, the airline will operate 100% of the capacity it had before the pandemic

• And in Spain, Iberia Express has scheduled 27 percent more seats than in 2019 with the Balearic and Canary islands, where it will offer up to 2.7 million seats

 

If the evolution of the current socio-political context allows it, Iberia will recover this summer 85 percent of the capacity it offered in 2019. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the airline has opted to stimulate demand by offering the largest possible capacity and, in the next summer season and, despite the difficult socio-political context, it has already recovered almost the entire network of destinations and has been incorporating frequencies in the markets where restrictions have been lifted and demand is still recovering.

Specifically, Iberia will operate this summer up to 340 weekly long-haul flights, 220 with Latin America and another 120 between Europe and the North Atlantic; the airline will reach pre-pandemic levels in Europe and its subsidiary Iberia Express will increase its capacity in the Balearic and Canary Islands by about 30 percent over 2019.

 

The United States, the big bet

The United States will be the country where Iberia deploys the largest capacity: in the summer season it will go from six to nine destinations with more than 120 weekly flights between Spain and the United States. Starting in June, the airline will launch the route to Washington that it announced before the pandemic, to which it adds Dallas and the recovery of San Francisco. In addition, it increases flights to Boston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. More specifically:

Iberia will fly direct from Spain to Washington. From June 1 to October 29, the airline has scheduled four weekly flights (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) with the capital of the United States where the main government institutions of that country are concentrated: the Capitol, the White House and the Supreme Court.

Flight	Origin	Destiny	Exit	Arrival*
IB6131	Madrid	Washington	12:10	15:15
IB6132	Washington	Madrid	16:45	06:30

*Schedules vary slightly depending on the month of operation

Starting June 1, Iberia will also operate to Dallas, the great metropolis of North Texas. Flights have been scheduled from June 1 to October 29, with four weekly frequencies (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday). Dallas is the great hub of American Airlines, which ensures great connectivity within the United States for Iberia customers within its joint business agreement with American Airlines, British Airways and Finnair for the operation of routes between Europe and the North Atlantic.

Vuelo	Origen	Destino	Salida	Llegada*
IB6146	Madrid	Dallas	15:55	19:50
IB6147	Dallas	Madrid	21:25	14:20

*Los horarios varían ligeramente en función del mes de operación

Iberia recupera también la ruta a San Francisco desde el 1 de junio y hasta el 30 de septiembre con tres frecuencias semanales (lunes, miércoles y viernes). Solo las aerolíneas del grupo IAG ofrecen vuelos directos con San Francisco; Iberia desde Madrid y LEVEL desde Barcelona, a partir del 29 de marzo y con cuatro frecuencias semanales (martes, jueves, sábados y domingos)

Vuelo	Origen	Destino	Salida	Llegada
IB6193	Madrid	San Francisco	12:20	16:15
IB6174	San Francisco	Madrid	17:50	14:10

 

In addition, Iberia will have up to 14 weekly flights Madrid-New York, which are in addition to the daily LEVEL flight from Barcelona. It will offer another 14 flights with Miami; Chicago will have up to seven flights a week, and Boston will also arrive on the daily flight in July and August, an operation that is complemented by LEVEL’s four weekly Barcelona-Boston frequencies. Los Angeles will have up to five weekly Iberia frequencies from Madrid and four more FROM LEVEL from Barcelona.

The offer is completed with up to five weekly flights to San Juan de Puerto Rico, a destination that is also part of the joint business agreement for the routes between Europe and the North Atlantic that Iberia maintains together with American Airlines, British Airways and Finnair.

 

Double daily flight to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico

In this summer season, Iberia will also recover a good part of the frequencies it offered in its main markets in Latin America, and will already reach 220 weekly flights in July and August.

Starting in June, it will offer 19 weekly flights with Mexico, which is already very close to the three daily flights it operated before the pandemic. In Colombia, Iberia exceeds the capacity of the pandemic with two daily flights (four more than in 2019), and in Argentina it will also reach two daily flights in July and August.

With Peru, Chile and Brazil Iberia consolidates its flight daily, with Ecuador there will also be seven flights a week, four to Quito and another three to Guayaquil, and with Uruguay it will offer between four and five weekly flights.

In the Caribbean, Iberia will reach nine weekly flights with the Dominican Republic in July and August, and in Cuba it increases its offer to four weekly flights.

In Central America, Iberia maintains its operation with direct flights to Costa Rica (up to six weekly flights), Guatemala-El Salvador (four weekly flights) and Panama (up to five weekly flights).

 

In Europe, pre-pandemic levels are reached

This summer, Iberia and Iberia Express fully recover the capacity it offered in 2019 in the short and medium radius and even exceeds it in some destinations, such as flights with the Canary islands and the Balearic Islands.

One more summer, Iberia is betting on destinations where you can do outdoor activities. In Portugal it will offer flights to Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Funchal and, for the second consecutive year, it will fly to the Azores Islands, to Ponta Delgada.

Italy will also have a large deployment in terms of destinations and frequencies. It will fly to 11 destinations: Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples, Bologna and Turin and, from mid-June, Catania, Olbia, Cagliari (operated by Iberia) and Bari (operated by Iberia Express) will be added.

Croatia is one of the most attractive international destinations for outdoor activities. This summer Iberia will once again offer flights to three destinations that allow you to travel the country: Dubrovnik, Zagreb and Split.

And Greece completes the quartet of summer offers, with flights to Athens and Corfu, operated by Iberia and to Mykonos, Crete and Santorini, operated by Iberia Express.

Given the good reception of the routes with Bergen (Norway) and Keflavik (Iceland), and for the most adventurous customers, Iberia and Iberia Express will respectfully offer up to two weekly flights originating in the Spanish capital.

 

About 30 percent more seats in the Balearic and Canary Islands

Iberia Express has scheduled 27 percent more seats than in 2019 with the Balearic and Canary islands, where it will offer up to 2.7 million seats between both archipelagos.

Specifically, it will offer more than 1.7 million seats with the Canary Islands, highlighting,

especially, the increase in capacity on routes to Lanzarote (+42% compared to 2019), Gran Canaria (+25%) and Fuerteventura (+23%). This means that Iberia Express will operate an average of 48 weekly frequencies to Tenerife (34 to Tenerife North and 14 to Tenerife South), 48 to Gran Canaria, 18 to Lanzarote, 15 to Fuerteventura and 10 to La Palma. The operation with the Canary Islands is completed with up to two weekly frequencies on the transversal routes Oviedo-Tenerife North and Tenerife North-Vigo.

The Balearic Islands is another of Iberia Express’ big bets for this summer, and has scheduled close to one million seats. Mallorca will have an average of 45 weekly frequencies, – up to 7 daily return flights -, Ibiza with 22 and Menorca with 13.

 

The most punctual in the world in January

Iberia and Iberia Express have started the year with excellent punctuality quotas, as reflected by the Cirium platform, a specialist in aviation data analysis.

In January, Iberia was the most punctual network airline in the world and Iberia Express the most punctual low cost in the world and in February, Iberia the second in the world and Iberia Express the second Europe. In the case of Iberia, both months exceeded 94 percent of flights in hour; while Iberia Express exceeded 95 percent of hourly flights in January and more than 90 percent in February.

 

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Iberia has made this announcement:

• Three Airbus A350-900s and six A320neo’s with deliveries starting this month
• Over the next two years the airline plans to add another A350-900s with a new cabin configuration, plus three more A320neo’s
• The first A321XLR is also scheduled to arrive by the end of 2023

Thanks to Iberia’s gradual recovery in all its markets, the Spanish airline has revived fleet arrival plans, stalled by the pandemic. In the first half of this year, it will take delivery of nine new aircraft –three long-haul A350-900s, and six A320neo’s for medium- and short-haul routes.

Eleven New Airbus A350-900s

Of the 20 Airbus A350-900s ordered, Iberia had held up deliveries of eleven.

The first, registered as EC-NMZ and named “Hola, Madrid” was delivered on 23 February, and two more will join the fleet before the end of March, bringing the total to 12.

These aircraft are 30%-35% more fuel-efficient than those they replace, thanks to lighter materials used in airframe construction and to advanced Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.

The remaining eight Airbus A350-900s on order will be delivered gradually through 2024 and will feature a new configuration including Business, Premium Economy, and Economy cabins while giving Iberia passengers an improved travel experience.

Six Airbus A320neo’s with Airspace Cabins

In the course of 2022 Iberia expects to take delivery of a total of six Airbus A320neo, which will replace the planes retired due to low demand during the pandemic.

The first two of these joined the fleet in this month of February, and four more are due to arrive in the coming months.

These new A320neo’s are equipped with “Airspace” cabins, with more room and comfort for passengers, more ample storage space for hand luggage, “mood lighting”, and antibacterial surfaces in toilets, along with other innovations.

The six new units will bring Iberia’s A320neo fleet to a total of 14. They are regarded as the most technologically advanced and fuel-efficient of short- and medium-haul commercial aircraft. Powered by Leap-1A CFM engines, they are 50% quieter and 15% to 20% cleaner than their predecessors, emitting 5,000 tonnes less CO2 per year and 50% less NOx.

The remaining three units on order are to be delivered in 2023.

Eight more Airbus A321XLRs

The first aircraft of the eight-unit A321XLR order IAG placed for Iberia in 2019, is also scheduled to arrive in late 2023. This new aircraft model will allow the airline to operate new transatlantic destinations and increase frequencies in key markets.

Iberia made this announcement:

Iberia is increasing its presence in Puerto Rico with this announcement:

• The Spanish airline has announced the increase of the operation with the Caribbean island and will add an additional frequency in its summer program to reach five weekly flights
• Iberia will offer more than 84,000 seats between the months of April and October, which will be 25 percent more than the same period of 2019, even exceeding the pre-pandemic capacity
• The flights will be operated with Airbus A330-200 aircraft with capacity for 288 passengers.
• Last summer, Iberia celebrated 72 years since its first flight to Puerto Rico and with this increase in offer the airline strengthens its commitment to this market and reinforces its leadership in Latin America
• San Juan de Puerto Rico is also part of the joint business agreement for routes between Europe and the North Atlantic that Iberia maintains together with American Airlines, British Airways and Finnair
• The agreement signed between Iberia and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company includes the promotion of tourism promotion in the country in the more than 90 destinations to which the airline flies in Europe

Iberia has announced today, facing the summer season, the increase of its operation with San Juan de Puerto Rico by adding one more frequency to its current offer, to reach five flights a week.

This increase in capacity will add more than 84,000 seats between the months of April and October, which will be 25 percent more than the same period of 2019, even above the pre-pandemic offer, which shows the commitment of the airline and reinforces its leadership in Latin America.

A firm commitment to this market that Iberia has also wanted to maintain in its winter program – which includes from October to March – with four weekly frequencies.

San Juan de Puerto Rico is also part of the joint business agreement for routes between Europe and the North Atlantic that Iberia maintains together with American Airlines, British Airways and Finnair.

Increased connectivity

The increase in the operation aims to improve connectivity between the Caribbean destination and the more than 90 destinations to which Iberia flies in Europe.

Flight schedules will be:

These flights will be operated with Airbus A330-200 aircraft, with capacity for 288 passengers, 19 in Business Class and 269 in Economy Class. The Airbus A330-200 are twin-engine aircraft and a 15% more fuel efficient.

In other news, Iberia is restoring flights to:

• the Maldives, and after the proper functioning of the route during the summer months, Iberia will operate two direct flights to Male that will be maintained from December to February 2022

• As for Cali, it will operate with three weekly flights,in this case from December to March 2022, which will be added to the offer to Bogotá, currently with 10 frequencies, even exceeding the capacity we offered before the pandemic.

• Along with Maldives and Cali, the airline will offer flights to 21 other cities in 17 countries in Latin America, the U.S. and the Maldives.

• In Spain, the Group will increase connectivity with the Canary Islands with 73 return flights and 27,000 additional seats, which will mean an increase in capacity of 18 percent.

• And it will also reinforce other domestic destinations such as Bilbao, A Coruña or Vigo, where it will increase its offer up to four daily flights per direction, and also with Asturias and San Sebastian, where it has scheduled more frequencies

Iberia recovers on December 2 its flights with Cali and on December 3 the route to the Maldives, two of the main novelties of its winter program.

Regarding the Maldives, after the good functioning of the route during the summer months, Iberia has decided to resume its two direct flights to Malé that will be maintained from December to February 2022.

As for Cali, it also recovers this destination with three weekly flights, in this case from December to March 2022, which are added to the offer to Bogotá, currently with 10 frequencies and, from February 2022, with two daily flights exceeding even the capacity we offered before the pandemic.

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Iberia made this announcement:

• Iberia and Repsol have completed the Madrid–Bilbao route with sustainable fuel produced from waste at the Petronor Industrial Complex. The flight was operated with an Iberia Airbus A320neo, one of the airline company’s most efficient aircrafts.

• This low-carbon footprint flight is a further step towards the decarbonization of the aviation sector thanks to the use of biofuels and improved energy efficiency. It has resulted in a reduction in emissions of 1.4 tons of CO2.

• Aena, in line with its role as a promoter and facilitator of the decarbonization of air transport, supports this initiative and is also working on collaborative projects to promote the production of sustainable fuel to encourage its use by airlines.

• This is the first initiative arising from the collaboration agreement towards a more sustaina-ble mobility signed by Repsol and Iberia last July, which includes the development of low-carbon aviation fuels.

• Repsol is a pioneer in the manufacture of sustainable aviation fuels in Spain. With this production at its industrial complexes, the company is anticipating the different measures that the EU is aiming to establish to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuels.

• Iberia is basing its sustainability strategy on three pillars: more efficient operations, a more sustainable travel experience for its customers, and a commitment to research and devel-opment of sustainable fuels and other technologies.

Iberia and Repsol have made the first flight using biofuel produced from waste in Spain. The biojet used belongs to the batch produced last August at the Petronor Industrial Complex, which is located near Bilbao and belongs to the Repsol Group. The scheduled flight IB426 was operated with an Airbus A320neo aircraft of the Spanish airline, with a capacity of 180 passengers and currently one of the most efficient aircrafts in the world. Equipped with Leap-1st CFM engines, Iberia’s A320neo aircrafts reduces noise by 50% and are more environmentally friendly, emitting 5,000 tons of CO2 less per year and 50% less NOx. The flight also performed more efficiently through a flight operation that improves fuel efficiency by reaching the optimum altitude level in the climb and descent phases.

In this operation, Iberia and Repsol have counted with the participation of Aena that works collaboratively with the different agents to promote the global decarbonization of the air transport sector. It supports this initiative by also working on collaborative projects to promote the production of sustainable fuels, with the aim of encouraging its use by airlines.

On the Madrid-Bilbao route, this flight has managed to reduce the emission of 1.4 tons of CO2, thanks to the improved fuel efficiency provided by the aircraft, together with the use of the sustainable biofuel. In addition, a zero-emissions electric-powered aviation fuel supply vehicle has been used for refueling. All ground operations (loading and unloading of baggage, assistance to the aircraft, and towing to the runway) have used the most efficient vehicles that Iberia Airport Services has deployed throughout its network of airports in Spain, such as the mototok, an advanced electric vehicle controlled by remote control to perform the push back maneuver to the aircraft. On board, Iberia is also testing different packaging solutions to replace single-use plastics.

The batch of jet biofuel used is the third manufactured by Repsol and the first on the Spanish market produced from waste as raw material. The energy company thus integrates circular economy instruments in the process, transforming waste into high added-value products such as low carbon footprint fuels. Two previous batches were produced from biomass at Repsol’s industrial complexes in Puertollano and Tarragona.

This initiative is part of the collaboration agreement towards a more sustainable mobility signed by Repsol and Iberia last July and is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations through the 2030 Agenda. The agreement translates into the development of ambitious joint pro-grams and activities in three areas: the development of low-carbon aviation fuels, the production of electricity and renewable hydrogen to decarbonize Iberia’s fleet of vehicles, and the ecological transition to more sustainable facilities through new technologies based on artificial intelligence, among others.

It is a first milestone in the roadmap of the agreement, which envisages future flights using biofuels with a low carbon footprint to achieve a more sustainable and efficient mobility in the aviation sector. Electrification is not viable at the moment and renewable hydrogen still requires a technological breakthrough in aircraft, so biofuels will be the fastest and most efficient option for reducing emissions in air transport over the next few years.

Decarbonization of aviation sector

The aviation sector is moving decisively towards decarbonization through the use of biofuels. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has set itself the target of zero carbon emissions growth from 2020, for which it is developing various initiatives. Among these, the use of different sustainable fuels, such as biofuels and advanced biofuels produced from waste, stands out for its high contribution to the reduction of CO2 emissions.

On July 14, the European Commission presented the Fit for 55 package, which includes the RefuelEU Aviation initiative. Its aim is to boost the supply and demand of sustainable aviation fuels in the European Union, reaching a use of 2% in 2025, 5% in 2030, and 63% in 2050. In this way, the environmental foot-print of aviation will be reduced, while contributing to the achievement of the European Union’s climate targets.

Repsol is a pioneer in the manufacture of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Spain. With the production of these fuels in its industrial complexes it is anticipating the different measures that EU institutions are establishing to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuels. In this sense, both SAF obtained from biomass and advanced biofuels from waste are included in the list of sustainable fuels in the European Renewable Energy Directive.

Net zero emissions target by 2050

Repsol aims to lead the energy transition, in line with the Paris Agreement, and thus limit the increase in global temperature to well below 2ºC. The drive for sustainable fuels is in addition to the projects that Repsol has already deployed in energy efficiency, low-emission electricity generation, renewable hydrogen, circular economy, synthetic fuels, and carbon capture, use, and storage, and is one of the company’s main strategic drivers to achieve its goal of becoming a net zero emissions company by 2050.

The company has a circular economy strategy in place since 2018. Itis embodied in more than 230 initiatives and the ambition to annually use three million tons of waste as raw material for its products by 2030. In October 2020, it announced the construction of Spain’s first advanced biofuels plant, which will be commissioned in 2023. It will be located in Cartagena and will have a capacity per year of 250,000 tons of biofuels produced from waste and valid for cars, trucks, and airplanes. In the port of Bilbao, in the vicinity of the Petronor Industrial Complex, Repsol is planning one of the world’s largest synthetic fuel plants, using renewable hydrogen and CO2 as the only raw materials. The plant will be commissioned in 2024 and will have a capacity of more than 2,100 tons per year.

In addition, technological progress and the deployment of current and future projects has enabled the company to increase its ambition in the carbon intensity reduction targets set out in its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan. The new decarbonization path to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 establishes a reduction in the Carbon Intensity Indicator of 15% in 2025, 28% in 2030, and 55% in 2040, compared to the previous targets of 12%, 25%, and 50%, respectively.

For its part, Iberia is part of IAG, which was the first airline group to commit to achieving zero net emissions by 2050. In addition, by 2030, IAG airlines will operate a minimum of 10% of their flights with sustainably sourced fuels. The Group will purchase one million tons of sustainable aviation fuel per year, enabling it to reduce carbon emissions by two million tons by 2030, roughly the equivalent to the CO2 absorption of a forest the size of 400,000 soccer fields. In addition, IAG will become the first airline group in the world to extend its commitment to net zero CO2 emissions through its supply chain.

Iberia is basing its environmental strategy on three pillars: more efficient operations – including all fleet renewal initiatives, fuel consumption reductions, and vehicle electrification, among others; a more sustainable travel experience for its customers – through the digitalization of services, the progressive elimination of plastics on board, the development of its waste management system, and carbon footprint offsetting; and its commitment to the ecological transition of aviation, especially through its collaboration in the re-search and development of sustainably sourced fuels.

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