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Vueling Airlines celebrates 50 million passengers

Vueling Airlines (Vueling.com) (Barcelona)ย has now flown overย 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.

Copyright Photo: Javier Rodriguez. Airbus A320-214 EC-JZQ (msn 992) departs today from Palma de Mallorca with the word “ยกgracias!” on the fuselage formed using the winning photos. “Thanks” is also displayed on the right side.
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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 overย 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 allโ€ฆ 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 bitโ€ฆ each one of those 50 winners will receive a return flight to any Vueling destination from their nearest airport!

Use Instagram to take a photograph of a Vueling destination or apply your favorite filter to one you already have. The photograph doesn’t just have to be of a Vueling destination, you can be in it tooโ€ฆ but remember, it has to be an amazing picture!
Give your photograph a title that includes the name of the Vueling destination in the photograph and the hashtag #vuelingairgallery.”
Vueling has found another way to use Social Media to promote their airline.
Copyright Photo: Stefan Sjogren. The 2011 MTV logojet. This A320 could be the aircraft for the Vueling Air Gallery.
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Vueling Airlines adds additional capacity at Barcelona and Bilbao

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.

Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems.

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Routes from Bilbao:

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Vueling Airlines may make a bid for MALEV

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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Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Please click on the photo for additional information.

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Vueling Airlines to add 23 routes from Barcelona

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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Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Please click on the photo for additional information on this aircraft.

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Vueling Airlines to launch Barcelona-Nuremberg seasonal service on June 22

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.

Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard.

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Vueling Airlines to launch two new routes from Wales in June

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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Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems.

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Current routes from Palma de Mallorca:

 

Vueling Airlines records a $54.8 million net profit in the third quarter

Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) reported a net profit of $54.8 million in the third quarter.

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Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems.

Routes from Barcelona:

Vueling Airlines slips to a $35 million loss in the first quarter

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 firstย 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.ย 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’s current routes from Madrid:

Vueling Airlines adds its first Airbus A319

Vueling Airlines (vueling.com) (Barcelona) has added its first Airbus A319.

Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard. Please click on the photo for the full details.

Vueling routes from the Barcelona hub:

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