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.

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

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

On 15 July 2009 the merger of Vueling and Clickair was completed.

The new merged airline operates under the Vueling brand, with Clickair flights and aircraft re-branded under the Vueling name.

In 2009, Vueling for the second year cooperated with MTV for the summer season.

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.

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

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

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.

A Vueling Airbus A320 parked at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands.

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.

After the victory of the PdL in the 2008 general election, AN was merged into the PdL in early 2009.

The amended terms allowed former members of multiple societies which merge into one to maintain multiple entitlements to FSCS protection until 30 September 2009 ( later extended to 30 December 2010 ), so ( for example ) a member with £ 50, 000 in each of Nationwide, Cheshire and Derbyshire at the time of the respective mergers would retain £ 150, 000 of FSCS protection for their funds in the merged Nationwide.

That periodical was merged into PRWatch. org's online work in 2009.

* Pudong New District ( 浦东新区 Pǔdōng Xīn Qū ) – Chuansha County until 1992, merged with Nanhui District in 2009

On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama merged the White House staff supporting the Homeland Security Council ( HSC ) and the National Security Council into one National Security Staff ( NSS ).

Iridium Satellite LLC merged with a special purpose acquisition company ( GHQ ) created by the investment bank Greenhill & Co. ( NYSE: GHL ) in September, 2009 to create Iridium Communications, Inc.

That foundation, which offered the Levys staff support and contributed towards a cash reward for information about Chandra's disappearance, was merged into the Laci & Conner Search and Rescue Fund in 2009 ; Susan Levy had previously participated in the efforts to find Laci Peterson, another missing woman from Modesto.

In 2009, the Center Career Development merged with the Guilds of Kalamazoo College to create the Center for Career and Professional Development.

The group has recently cut the number of regional news programmes offered from 17 in 2007 to 9 by 2009, resulting several regions being merged to form on programme, including the Border and Tyne Tees regions, the Westcountry and West regions and the removal of sub regional programming, with some regions only represented by pre-recorded segments.

In 2009 Telenor R & I was merged with Global Coordination team, and is now part of the executive entity Telenor Business Development-headed by EVP Morten Karlsen Sørby.

On January 13, 2009, the Global Wealth Management Group was merged with Citi's Smith Barney to form the joint venture Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

The Ministry of Popular Economy became the " Ministry of Communal Economy " in 2007, and was merged into the Ministry of Communes and Social Protection on 3 March 2009, along with the Ministry of Participation and Social Protection.

In 2009, Gilda's Club merged with another similar institution, The Wellness Community, under the new name of Cancer Support Community, which was legally adopted in 2011.

On January 1, 2009 the University of Tromsø was merged with Tromsø University College.

In January 2009 Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council which served New Hampshire and also southeastern Vermont for 50 years merged with the 48-year-old Girl Scout Council of Vermont.

There used to be a Silver Lake Kindergarten until 2009, when it merged with the Elementary school.

The neighboring city of Cedarville merged with Elkhorn City in 2009.

On January 1, 2009, Alkemade and Jacobswoude merged and formed the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.

On January 1, 2009, Jacobswoude merged with Alkemade and formed the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.

The paper is a merger of the Richland Mirror and Pulaski County Democrat in St. Robert, which were separate weekly papers owned by the Lebanon Daily Record until their owner merged them in 2009.

The paper is a merger of the Richland Mirror and Pulaski County Democrat in St. Robert, which were separate weekly papers owned by the Lebanon Daily Record until their owner merged them in 2009.

With declining enrollment, the Royals merged with the Lions from Lambert to form the " R & L Fusion " sports co-op in 2009.

In 2009, as Northwest Airlines and Delta Airlines merged, Delta removed all employees from Building A, the previous headquarters of Northwest in Eagan, and all employees who remained in the Minneapolis were moved to Building C, which was renovated.