In January 2011 it was announced that Vueling were to add a further nine aircraft to their fleet during 2011, including an Airbus A319.

A Vueling Airbus A320 landing at Lisbon Airport, Portugal.

A Vueling Airbus A320 at Madrid-Barajas Airport, taxiing towards terminal 4.

Most of the traffic at Barcelona Airport is domestic and European, in which Vueling has an operational base.

In recent years, the traffic of low-cost airlines has grown significantly, especially after the creation of operating bases by Vueling and Clickair at the airport.

In November 2010, Vueling announced a new base at Toulouse Airport in France from April 2011, followed in December 2010 by the announcement of a new base in Amsterdam, also to open during April 2011.

On September 24, 2007 Cassani became the new chairman of the board at Vueling Airlines, replacing Jose Miguel Abab Silvestre, who resigned abruptly citing " managerial differences.

* Vueling a subsidiary of Iberia uses Barcelona El Prat Airport ( BCN )

The airport also serves as a European hub for Delta Air Lines and as a base for Vueling.

Iberia has a 45. 85 % stake in low-cost carrier Vueling, which is based near Barcelona and a 0. 95 % share in Royal Air Maroc.

Vueling and Clickair, merged in 2009.

It is a main base for Vueling and a focus city for Air Europa and Iberia.

Vueling and Clickair merged in July 2009, and they now operate under the name of Vueling.

Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S. A. U. is the third largest airline in Spain after Iberia and Vueling.

Vueling Airlines SA (), commonly shortened to Vueling, is a low cost airline based in El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona ( Spain ), where it maintains its main operating base.

Vueling serves destinations in Europe and the western Mediterranean.

Vueling was established in February 2004 and commenced operations on 1 July 2004 with a flight between Barcelona and Ibiza.

Initially, major shareholders of Vueling Airlines were Apax Partners ( 40 %), Inversiones Hemisferio ( Grupo Planeta ) ( 30 %), Vueling's management team ( 23 %) and V. A.

In November 2007, Vueling appointed managing director of Spanair Lars Nygaard as CEO to replace Carlos Muñoz, who remained as a member of the Board of Directors.

2007 was a difficult year for Vueling ; Apax Partners sold their then 21 % stake in the carrier in June of that year, followed by two profit warnings issued in August and October.

This led to Barbara Cassani, former Chief Executive of UK low-cost airline Go Fly, joining Vueling as chairman of the board in September 2007.

In June 2008, Vueling and rival Spanish low cost airline Clickair announced their intention to merge.

The Airbus series of airliners used full-authority FBW controls beginning with their A320 series, see A320 flight control ( though some limited FBW functions existed on A310 ).

In June 2006, it was announced that an Airbus A320 assembly plant would be built in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, with the first aircraft to be delivered in 2008.

On 6 September 2012 the company opened a new column-free three-bay hangar for Base Maintenance works of narrow-body aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

On 27 November 2008 an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 leased to XL Airways Germany with seven people on board crashed into the sea east of Perpignan during a test flight.

* Airbus A320 family

The Airbus A320 family | Airbus A320 narrow-body aircraft | narrow-body is a popular short-medium distance aircraft.

Examples include the Boeing 717, 737, 757, McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and MD-80 / MD-90 series, Airbus A320 family, Tupolev Tu-204, Tu-214, Embraer E-Jets 190 & 195 and Tu-334.

* Airbus A320 – pioneered the use of fly-by-wire technology

An Airbus A320 family | Airbus A320 baggage hold

It is also involved in two major joint ventures, the Engine Alliance with GE which manufactures engines for the Airbus A380, and International Aero Engines company with Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, and the Japanese Aero Engines Corporation which manufactures engines for the Airbus A320 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft.

International Aero Engines is a joint venture that develops, builds and services the V2500 aero engine family, which powers the Airbus A320 family and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft.

APIC APS3200 APU for Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321

An EasyJet Airbus A320 family | Airbus A319, taxiing to the runway for its departure.

A Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A320 family | Airbus A320 on stand, soon to operate a chartered service to a seaside destination.

A Volaris Airbus A320 family | A319 parked at Terminal 1 on a rainy day.

File: Swiss_Airbus_A340_HB-JMC. jpg | Airbus A340 parked at an airport gate

Jazeera Airways Airbus A320 family | Airbus A320 parked at the ramp.

On 27 June 2009, a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER G-RAES was damaged after a collision with a Hainan Airlines Airbus A340-600 B-6510 while it was parked.

A SmartLynx Airlines Airbus A320-200 parked at Riga International Airport.

A Volaris Airbus A320 Family # Airbus A319 | A319 parked at the gate.