Low-cost carrier LEVEL to have its own air operator certificate in 2025
LEVEL, the low-cost airline of the IAG Group, will have its air operator certificate (AOC) in the coming weeks, CEO Rafael Jiménez Hoyos told El Economista.
With this, LEVEL will no longer use Iberia’s AOC to operate its long-haul flights. With its own certificate, the company will be able to have independence in its decision-making.
According to LEVEL, obtaining its own AOC will not change the services provided to passengers.
Initially, the Spanish airline has plans to increase operations to the cities it serves, mainly in the United States. There are no plans to launch new cities until 2026.
LEVEL was founded in 2017 as a low-cost long-haul airline from Barcelona, where Iberia canceled several routes and for a time maintained only the connection between the Catalan city and Madrid.
The company has six Airbus A330-200s and is expected to add another one this year and another in 2026.
LEVEL currently flies to Boston, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Santiago.
The change in strategy comes months after IAG abandoned plans to acquire Air Europa, a competitor of Level.
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