Pullmantur Air (Madrid) on December 17 was rebranded as Wamos Air while repainted one of its Boeing 747-400s.
Copyright Photo: José Luis Celada Euba. Boeing 747-412 EC-KSM (msn 27178) pictured at the Madrid base was the first to be repainted.
Pullmantur Air aircraft slide show:
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Iberia Express (Madrid) will start the twice-daily Madrid-London (Gatwick) route on March 29, 2015.
The company will also new service from Madrid to Paris (CDG) on September 7, 2015 and Manchester on September 8, 2015.
Copyright Photo: Ariel Shocron/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 EC-JSK (msn 2807) taxies at the Madrid (Barajas) base.
Iberia Express aircraft slide show:
http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-Europe-2/Airlines-Europe-2/Iberia-Express
Iberia (Madrid) is planning to add six new destinations for the next summer season. The flag carrier will add service from Madrid to Budapest (starting on June 2, 2015, three weekly flights), Catania (June 20, one weekly), Florence (March 29, six weekly), Funchal (July 4, twice weekly), Hamburg (March 30, four weekly) and Palermo (June 23, weekly) per Airline Route.
Additionally Iberia Express will add Edinburgh (March 29, four weekly), Naples (June 1, three weekly) and Verona (June 2, three weekly).
Copyright Photo: Iberia’s Airbus A320-214 EC-MCS (msn 6244) taxies at London’ Heathrow Airport.
Iberia aircraft slide show:
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Transavia France (Paris-Orly) is introducing six new routes for the summer season of 2015. Five new routes will be from Orly Airport to Dublin (effective June 1, daily), Munich (effective September 4, daily) Thessaloniki (effective May 9, three flights a week), Tirana (effective July 2, three weekly flights) and Valencia (effective June 1, six weekly flights) per Airline Route.
The French airline will also operate a Nantes-Madrid route effective on April 12, 2015 on three days a week.
In other news, 53 percent of Air France’s pilots approved the draft agreement to allow Transavia France to expand operations from Paris Orly. Air France issued this statement on December 3:
Air France welcomes the positive outcome of the consultation with all its pilots on the draft development agreement for Transavia France.
With a very high participation rate, 53% of Air France pilots approved the agreement, reaching 60% for members of the majority union SNPL.
This result will be approved by the Union Council of the SNPL (National Union of Airline Pilots), which will meet tomorrow Thursday, December 4.
To date, more than 200 Air France pilots have volunteered to fill the 72 positions available at Transavia France.
“We welcome the positive outcome of this consultation which puts an end to a period of uncertainty. The majority of pilots have chosen to accompany us in our growth strategy on the low-cost market with Transavia” declared Frédéric Gagey, Chairman and CEO of Air France.
Thanks to this agreement, Transavia’s rapid development plan in France will continue:
• Strong growth in summer 2015: 21 aircraft operated compared with 16 in summer 2014, making Transavia the leading low-cost airline at Paris-Orly from summer 2015.
• A target of 37 Boeing 737 by 2019.
Integrated career management for pilots at Air France and Transavia will be introduced, including a joint seniority list.
This development meets the pilots’ high expectations and enables overstaffing at Air France to be more easily managed by organizing secondments to Transavia France.
to Dublin (effective June 1, daily), Munich (effective September 4, daily) Thessaloniki (effective May 9, three flights a week), Tirana (effective July 2, three weekly flights) and Valencia (effective June 1, six weekly flights).
The French airline will also operate a Nantes-Madrid route effective on April 12, 2015 on three days a week.
Copyright Photo: Steve Bailey/AirlinersGallery.com. The pictured Boeing 737-8K2 F-GZHM (msn 37792) was delivered new on May 13, 2014. The Transavia France Boeing 737 fleet will expand to 37 aircraft by 2019.
Transavia France aircraft slide show:
http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-Europe-3/Airlines-Europe3-QZ/Transavia-Airlines-France
AirEuropa (Palma de Mallorca and Madrid) on March 30, 2015 will add the Madrid-Tel Aviv route with Boeing 737-800s. The new route will be operated three days a week per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-85P EC-LVR (msn 36593) taxies to the gate at Palma de Mallorca.
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Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas (Madrid-Barajas) is a new airline founded by Julio Martinez, a former director Air Madrid (Madrid). The new company intends to operate long-range scheduled services from MAD to Bogota, Buenos Aires and Santiago.
The company, which does not yet have its AOC, took delivery of its first aircraft. Former Gulf Air Airbus A340-313 A9C-LG (msn 212) was delivered on September 1 when it landed at Barajas.
Plus Ultra is the national motto of Spain.
Iberia (Madrid) this week is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first flight from Madrid to New York and return on August 3, 1954 on a 74-seat Lockheed 1049E Super Constellation. Five days later, on August 8, 1954, Iberia started regular service with three roundtrips a week between the two cities.
Today, 60 years later, Iberia serves the route with 17 roundtrips a week mainly flown with Airbus A340-600s and A330-300s.
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Iberia (Madrid) on June 20 resumed daily flights between its Madrid hub and Istanbul, Turkey. The restored route will now operate with Airbus A320s, with Business and Economy sections.
Iberia has also announced it is restoring IB service to Amsterdam, Athens and Stockholm in Europe, and to Montevideo in Uruguay and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic starting on September 1.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 EC-IZR (msn 2242) in the Oneworld color scheme completes its final approach to the runway at the Madrid (Barajas) hub.
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Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) will add Madrid to its route map on September 2 via Rome. The route extension will be flown with Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 767-3Q8 ER ET-ANU (msn 27993) prepares at land in Dubai.
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Iberia (Madrid) resumed its summer services to Croatia on June 9 with a Madrid-Dubrovnik flight, which will operate Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays until September 29.
Flights to the Croatian capital of Zagreb, will be resumed on Saturday, June 14. Airbus A320-family aircraft with 172 seats will be used on the Saturday and Sunday return flights from Madrid.
On July 19 Iberia’s franchise partner Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum will resume thrice-weekly services to the Croatian city of Split, flying Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until August 30.
Copyright Photo: Javier Rodriguez/AirlinersGallery.com. Iberia’s Airbus A321-213 EC-JGS (msn 2472) in the new look taxies at the Madrid hub.
Video: Repainting an Airbus:
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