Spanish airlines

Air Europa

UX / AEA

Spain’s private network airline from Mallorca: Madrid-Barajas hub, SkyTeam member, an all-Boeing fleet of 737s and 787 Dreamliners and a strong focus on Latin America.

Iberia

IB / IBE

The Spanish network airline from Madrid: founded in 1927, Barajas hub with Terminal 4, part of International Airlines Group, a oneworld member and launch customer of the Airbus A321XLR.

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas

PU / PUE

Small Spanish long-haul airline from Madrid: Airbus A330s to Lima, Caracas and Buenos Aires, an A340 past and a much-debated state bailout from the Covid era.

Spanair

JK / JKK

Historic Spanish airline: founded in 1986 by SAS and Spanish investors, for years one of Europe’s big MD-80 operators, in Star Alliance from 2003 – and grounded overnight in January 2012.

Clickair

XG / CLI

Historic Spanish low-cost airline: founded in Barcelona in 2006 on Iberia’s initiative, only Airbus A320s with 180 seats – and merged into Vueling by July 2009.

Iberia Express

I2 / IBS

Iberia’s short- and medium-haul subsidiary: an all-Airbus fleet of A320s and A321neos, based at Madrid-Barajas, a feeder for the long-haul network and a oneworld affiliate.

Level

LL / LVL

Long-haul at a low-cost price from Barcelona: Level belongs to IAG, flies Airbus A330-200s to North and South America and has had its own AOC since December 2024 – not to be confused with the former Level Europe from Vienna.

Volotea

V7 / VOE

The Spanish low-cost airline from the Vueling founders: direct flights between mid-sized cities in France, Italy and Spain, a pure fleet of Airbus A319s and A320s – and the company shuttle for Airbus.

Vueling

VY / VLG

The low-cost airline from Barcelona is part of IAG: a fleet from the complete Airbus A320 family, a second hub in Rome and a Boeing order that breaks up the uniform picture.

Iberojet

E9 / EVE

Spanish-Portuguese leisure and charter airline of Barceló’s travel division Ávoris: a small all-Airbus fleet with the A350-900 and A330, long-haul from Madrid and Lisbon to the Caribbean and Asia.

Pullmantur Air

EB / PLM

Historic Spanish charter airline from Madrid: founded in 2003 to fly cruise guests to their ships by jumbo, later flying Boeing 747-400s to the Caribbean – and renamed Wamos Air at the end of 2014.

Air Nostrum

YW / ANE

Spain’s big regional airline from Valencia has flown as Iberia Regional since 1997: CRJ1000 jets and ATR 72-600 turboprops in Iberia colors, sold under IB flight numbers, operated under the ICAO code ANE.

Aviaco

AO / AYC

Historic Spanish domestic and charter airline (1948–1999) from Bilbao and later Madrid. Aviaco flew the secondary routes alongside Iberia, shaped Spanish airports with the DC-9 and MD-88, and was absorbed into Iberia on September 1, 1999.

Binter Canarias

NT / IBB

The airline of the Canary Islands: ATR turboprops hopping between the islands, Embraer E195-E2s for the mainland, Madeira and West Africa – and aircraft named after everyday Canarian things.

Canaryfly

PM / CNF

The small island airline of the Canaries: a handful of ATR 72s from Gran Canaria, low-cost fares on inter-island routes and an unequal duel with market leader Binter.

Swiftair

WT / SWT

The Madrid airline you mostly see at night and often under someone else’s flight number: since 1986 Swiftair has flown cargo and passengers on behalf of others – with Boeing 737 and 757 freighters, ATR turboprops and a long turboprop past including the Embraer Brasilia.

AlbaStar

AP / LAV

Small charter airline from Palma de Mallorca with Italian roots: Boeing 737-800s, bases in Milan, flights for tour operators and a focus on pilgrimage trips to Lourdes.

Futura International Airways

FH / FUA

Historic charter airline from Palma de Mallorca: founded in 1989 in Aer Lingus’s orbit, grew with vacation flights from the British Isles to Spain, flew Boeing 737s throughout – and was grounded in September 2008.

Privilege Style

P6 / PVG

A small Spanish charter airline with a long reach: Privilege Style flies soccer teams, companies and groups, steps in on wet lease for airlines like Finnair, El Al or LOT and long flew Boeing 757s, 767s and 777s.

Spantax

BX / BXS

Historic Spanish charter airline: founded in 1959 as an air taxi on Gran Canaria, grew up with one of the world’s largest Convair 990 fleets and was finished in March 1988 after the 1982 DC-10 crash in Málaga.

Wamos Air

EB / PLM

The Spanish charter and wet lease airline from Madrid started in 2003 as Pullmantur Air for cruise guests, flew jumbos for years and today operates Airbus A330s for other airlines around the world.