Vueling
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Vueling S.A. (/ˈvwɛ.lɪŋ/, VWE-ling) is a Spanish low-cost airline based at Viladecans in Greater Barcelona with hubs at Barcelona–El Prat Airport (main), Paris-Orly Airport in Paris, France, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy (secondary). It is the largest airline in Spain, measured by fleet size and number of destinations.[citation needed] As of 2021, Vueling serves 122 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East,[6] and carried more than 34 million passengers in 2019.[7] Since 2013, it has been an operating company of International Airlines Group, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus.
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Founded | 10 February 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-10) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1 July 2004; 19 years ago (2004-07-01) | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Vueling Club (Part of Avios Loyalty programme) | ||||||
Fleet size | 125 | ||||||
Destinations | 99[1] | ||||||
Parent company | IAG (97.52%)[2] | ||||||
Headquarters | Viladecans, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||||||
Key people | Marco Sansavini (Chairman & CEO),
Calum Laming (CXO), Michael Delehant (CSO), Jorge Saco (CFO) | ||||||
Revenue | €1,016 million (2021)[3] | ||||||
Operating income | €181.1 million (2017) | ||||||
Net income | €117.2 million (2017)[4] | ||||||
Total assets | €1,509.9 million (2017)[4] | ||||||
Total equity | €237.2 million (2012)[5] | ||||||
Website | www |