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Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A.U., branded as Air Europa, is the third largest Spain airline after Iberia and Vueling. The airline is headquartered in Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain;" Corporate Information / Globalia ." Air Europa. Retrieved on 17 December 2010. "Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A.U. ·Centro Empresarial Globalia. Apdo. Correos-132. 07620 Llucmajor - Baleares - Spain"" Bases_Sorteo_Ginebra.pdf." Air Europa. Retrieved on 8 November 2012. "AIR EUROPA LÍNEAS AÉREAS S.A. (Sociedad Unipersonal), con domicilio en Polígono Son Noguera, Carretera Arenal-Llucmajor, Km 21,5 de Llucmajor, Mallorca,"" Fact Sheet ." SkyTeam. Retrieved on 27 December 2008. World Airline Directory. Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. " 62." "Centro Empresarial Globalia, PO Box 132, Llucmajor, Baleares, 07620, Spain" it has its main hub at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport with focus city operations at Palma de Mallorca Airport and Tenerife North Airport. Air Europa flies to over 44 destinations in Spain, the rest of Europe, South America, North America, the Caribbean, Morocco and Tunisia. Since September 2007, Air Europa has been a member of the SkyTeam.
When parent company ILG ceased trading in 1991, Air Europa continued profitably with a larger fleet of Boeing 737s and 757s. It signed a franchise agreement with Iberia in January 1998, but this has since been dissolved. It is now owned by Globalia Corporación Empresarial S.A.
At the end of the 1990s, Boeing 737-800 jets were introduced along with a new livery. In June 2005, it was announced Air Europa was among four future associate members of the SkyTeam alliance, due to join by 2006. However, the joining date was postponed, and it did not become a member until 1 September 2007. Air Europa was the parent company for Air Dominicana, the new flag carrier of the Dominican Republic, until bankruptcy was declared for the Dominican Republic carrier on September 21, 2009. Air Dominicana listed as defunct. Retrieved 2009-09-29
On May 22, 2019, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) granted Air Europa permission to operate domestic flights in the country. This was the first time a foreign company was granted such authorisation, after Brazilian laws were changed to allow full foreign ownership of domestic airlines. As of June 2019, no details were available about Air Europa's future domestic operations in Brazil, a market which the airline already serves with international flights from Madrid to Salvador and Recife.
In February 2023, IAG agreed to buy Air Europa for €400 million, with the brand to remain intact despite IAG's plans to make it part of Iberia. The decision followed interventions by the Spanish government, a key proponent of the merger. According to IAG, the merger would allow for the launch of Asia flights from the Madrid hub, which the Spanish government had advocated for. If the deal were to be approved by regulators, then once the merger would be complete, Air Europa was expected to exit SkyTeam and join other IAG members as part of Oneworld. In January 2024, the European Commission said the deal could reduce competition on domestic routes in Spain and short-haul routes from Madrid to other major cities in Europe and the Mediterranean. The EU competition enforcer also cited concerns over long-haul routes between Madrid and the Americas. In February 2024, Reuters reported that IAG was likely to be hit with an EU antitrust warning, suggesting that regulators found IAG's proposed remedies to be insufficient to alleviate competition concerns.
In August 2024, IAG announced that it would abandon the deal after deeming additional remedies to address EU antitrust conditions too onerous to make the deal viable. IAG said it would instead seek to grow its position in Madrid to develop it into a rival to Europe's major aviation hubs.Air Europa acquisition axed Airliner World October 2024 page 6
Air Europa also has interline agreements with Air Transat, Iberojet, My Freighter Airlines and Sky Airline.
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| Boeing 737-800 | 17 | — | — | 186 | 186 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 1 | 19 | — | 189 | 189 | Delivery starts from May 2025. |
| Boeing 787-8 | 10 | — | 22 | 274 | 296 | |
| Boeing 787-9 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 307 | 339 | |
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