Iberojet

An A350 with Spanish titles that isn’t from Iberia? Then you have a good chance of having caught Iberojet. The airline is small but flies almost only widebodies – and it carries a name that is older than it is. Behind Iberojet is the former Evelop, which was merged with Portugal’s Orbest. For spotters that means: new name, old codes, two registration countries. This page sorts it out for you.

Iberojet at a glance

Iberojet is a Spanish leisure and charter airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca. Legally it still operates as Evelop Airlines S.L. – Iberojet is a brand under which the airline has appeared since the end of 2020. It belongs to Ávoris, the travel division of the Barceló Group, which besides hotels also operates tour operators and travel agencies.

The business model is typical of a leisure airline tied to a group: Iberojet flies vacationers to long-haul destinations, often as a package with hotel and transfer, but also sells individual seats. In addition there are charter contracts and wet-lease operations in which Iberojet supplies aircraft and crew for another airline. How these models differ is explained in the articles on charter and scheduled flights and on wet lease.

The most important bases are Madrid and Lisbon. Iberojet also operates from Barcelona seasonally. The airline does not belong to an alliance; with Air Europa there is an interline agreement through which connecting flights can be booked on one ticket.

From tour operator to airline: the history

The name Iberojet has a long tradition in Spain. Originally, Iberojet stood for a tour operator that sold package holidays to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and other long-haul destinations. Today the brand belongs to Ávoris and stands there for trips and flights alike. When people in Spain hear “Iberojet” today, they therefore often think of vacations first – and only then of aircraft.

The airline itself is much younger. Evelop Airlines was formed in 2013 as the airline of the Barceló Group, initially mainly for tour operators. In the same year, Portugal’s Orbest came under the group’s umbrella – a sister airline based in Lisbon with its own Portuguese air operator’s certificate. Both flew side by side in the following years, with a similar profile and similar aircraft.

Evelop took a big step in 2019 with its first Airbus A350-900, followed by the second in 2020. That made a small Spanish leisure airline one of the few A350 operators in the country. In December 2020, Evelop and Orbest were merged and have since appeared together as Iberojet. The two operating certificates – one Spanish and one Portuguese – remained in place.

In 2022, Iberojet took over the scheduled connections to the Caribbean that Wamos Air had previously flown. Since then the airline has been more present than before on the vacation routes between Spain and the Caribbean. In 2024, Iberojet flew to the US on a scheduled basis for the first time, to Orlando; the connection was later discontinued again – a good example of how flexible a leisure airline’s route network is.

Codes and callsign

• IATA code E9: appears in the flight number, that is, on the departure board, ticket and in booking systems.
• ICAO code EVE: appears in the air traffic control flight plan and on flight trackers.
• Callsign EVELOP: this is how the crew identifies itself on the radio.

On trackers in particular this tends to be confusing: you search for “Iberojet” and find only “EVE” plus a number. Because Iberojet also flies on wet lease for other airlines, an Iberojet aircraft can also be operating under another airline’s flight number – or conversely, another airline’s aircraft under E9. How to read ADS-B data correctly is shown in the guide to flight tracking for spotters.

The fleet: small numbers, big aircraft

Iberojet is a pure Airbus airline, and the focus is clearly on long haul. According to common fleet overviews, the fleet comprises around half a dozen aircraft. The exact number fluctuates because individual aircraft are temporarily leased to other airlines or given up – so no exact counts per type are given here, deliberately.

Type	Role at Iberojet	Spotter tip
Airbus A350-900	Flagship on the highest-demand long-haul routes	In the fleet since 2019, very dense seating
Airbus A330-900 (A330neo)	Modern long haul	Large Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, Sharklets
Airbus A330-300	Older long haul	Smaller engines, classic wingtips
Airbus A320	Shorter routes and charter	Only narrowbody in the fleet

The Airbus A350-900 is the showpiece. Iberojet uses it with a great many seats – according to fleet overviews well over 400 – which fits the leisure model: many seats per flight push down the cost per passenger. Besides economy, Iberojet markets a comfort class called Turista+; according to fleet overviews, the A350 and A330-900 also have a small business cabin, while the A330-300 and A320 have all-economy seating.

The Airbus A330-900 is the modernized version of the A330 with new engines and a reworked wing. The older A330-300 looks similar at first glance but differs in engine and wingtip. The manufacturer of all types is Airbus.

A350, A330neo or A330-300? How to tell them apart

Because Iberojet mixes three widebody types, a close look is worthwhile. The livery doesn’t help you here – but the details on the aircraft do.

You can find more on the differences in the comparisons A350 or Boeing 787 and A330 or A340. The distinction from the 787 in particular is important because many airlines operate both types at the same airports.

How to recognize Iberojet

Iberojet carries the titles “Iberojet” on the white fuselage. More important than the livery, however, is the overall picture: a widebody from a Spanish airline that doesn’t belong to Iberia or Air Europa is already a strong hint. For a sure identification you need the registration.

And that is where it gets exciting. Because Iberojet emerged from two companies and has a Spanish and a Portuguese air operator’s certificate, you find both EC registrations (Spain) and CS registrations (Portugal) in the fleet. So the prefix tells you under which certificate an aircraft flies. How registrations are built in general is explained in the article Understanding aircraft registrations.

Route network: Caribbean, Central America, Asia

Iberojet flies mainly to where Spaniards vacation and tour operators sell packages. On its own website, the airline advertises flights from Madrid and Barcelona to, among others:

• Caribbean: Punta Cana and La Romana in the Dominican Republic
• Mexico: Cancún for the Riviera Maya, plus Querétaro
• Central America: San José in Costa Rica, Tegucigalpa in Honduras, San Salvador
• Asia and the Indian Ocean: Bangkok and Mauritius

Many of these connections are seasonal and adjusted according to demand. Routes such as Havana, Orlando or Uzbekistan were at times in the schedule and were discontinued again. As of October 2026, therefore: take the list as a guide, not as a fixed timetable.

Spotting Iberojet

Spot number one is Madrid-Barajas. This is where the most important base is, and where most long-haul flights depart. You can find tips on locations and runway directions in the guide Plane spotting at Madrid-Barajas and on the page for Madrid-Barajas Airport. A proven location there is La Muñoza. Seasonally, Barcelona-El Prat Airport is also worthwhile. The second base is Lisbon Airport – spots there are described in the guide Plane spotting in Lisbon.

For planning, the typical long-haul logic applies: toward the Caribbean the flights usually depart during the day, and on the way back they often arrive early in the morning after a night flight. When long-haul flights typically arrive in Europe is explained in the article on long-haul arrival times.

In central Europe, Iberojet is a rare visitor. When an aircraft turns up, a charter contract or a wet lease is usually behind it. That is exactly what makes such sightings valuable – and it is worth keeping a targeted lookout for the code EVE on the tracker.

Iberojet in the Spanish long-haul market

For a country of its size, Spain has a surprising number of long-haul airlines. Besides the network airline Iberia and Air Europa, several smaller providers fly widebodies – such as Plus Ultra or Wamos Air. Iberojet differs from them in its close tie to a travel group: demand comes largely from package holidays of the group itself.

For you as a spotter that means: in Madrid, on a good day you see several Spanish widebody operators side by side. If you want to tell them apart cleanly, besides livery and type you need above all the ICAO code and the registration. Iberojet is most comparable to German leisure airlines such as Condor – just much smaller and even more focused on long-haul destinations.

Common mix-ups

• Taking Iberojet for an Iberia subsidiary – the name sounds similar, but Iberojet belongs to Ávoris and Barceló, not to IAG.
• Taking Evelop and Iberojet for two airlines – it is the same company; codes and callsign still carry the old name.
• Logging every CS registration as a Portuguese airline – Iberojet also flies aircraft with Portuguese registration.
• Confusing the A330-900 and A330-300 – engine size and Sharklets reveal the neo.
• Equating the E9 flight number with the aircraft – on wet lease, a different aircraft can fly under an Iberojet number and vice versa.

Conclusion

Iberojet is small but appealing for spotters: a leisure airline with an almost pure widebody fleet, a long-established brand name and a merger history you can read from the registrations. If you spot in Madrid, you have a good chance of an A350 or A330 with Iberojet titles. Elsewhere every sighting is a small stroke of luck – all the more important to log it cleanly with registration and type.