Barcelona, 8 April 2008.- Vueling, the new generation airline, carried a total of 1,415,896 passengers in the first quarter of 2008, representing an increase of 32.1% compared to the same period in 2007. Vueling also increased the number of passengers flying with the airline in March: a total of 539,042 passengers, 33% more than the same month the year before.
The average seat occupancy rate for March was 72.4%, an increase of 1.6 points in relation to 2007, generated by the Easter holidays. Likewise, the occupancy figure for the first quarter was 65%, a reduction of 1.9 points compared to the first quarter of 2007.
Optimizing income per flight remains Vueling?s objective. Over the first quarter of 2008, income level per passenger compensated for the slight decrease in seat occupancy rate, to the point where the income rate per flight reached was higher than that achieved during the first quarter of 2007.
Madrid, 31 March 2008.- Vueling, the new generation airline, is launching its Malta route tonight, our 16th destination from Madrid. The company is the first Spanish airline ? and first new generation airline ? to offer regular flights between both destinations.
You can purchase airfares up to midnight tomorrow night (Thursday) at our promotional price of ?25, subject to availability. The route will operate at night, flying three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays in Madrid-Malta direction and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from Malta to Madrid.
Among the island?s main attractions are its beaches, over 5,000 years of culture reflected in its monuments, its nightlife and the possibility of learning and practising English in a Mediterranean climate. Malta is the third island that Vueling has opened to Madrid passengers this month. On the 13th, routes with Tenerife and Gran Canaria were launched.
Barcelona, 18 March 2008.- Vueling, the new generation airline, today launched its online check-in service for flights departing from Brussels. The Belgian capital is the airline?s fourth international destination to incorporate an online check-in service. Apart from all our national airports, the service is also available for departures from Amsterdam, Lisbon and Milan.
Vueling?s manager in Benelux, Machiel Troost, marked the occasion of this enlargement of our international network offering online check-in: ?We?re happy to be able to offer this service to all our passengers in the region, so Brussels can enjoy the same level of comfort previously available in Amsterdam.? Machiel highlighted the benefit that the service signifies for business passengers. ?By printing your boarding card at home or in your office, you can avoid check-in queues and reach your boarding gate just 30 minutes prior to the flight?s departure?, he explained.
As well as earning 20 loyalty points, printing your boarding card off the Internet is equally advantageous for passengers carrying luggage because when you go to the check-in desk you just have to get your luggage weighed. You can check in online easily at Vueling?s webpage. To do so, just enter your booking confirmation number. Currently, of the airline?s 26 destinations, 19 now have an online check-in service.
Barcelona, 13 February 2008.- Vueling, the new generation airline, has collaborated with Planeta publishing house on the Spanish launch of Italian writer Federico Moccia?s latest novel, ?Perdona si te llamo amor? [Forgive Me If I Call You Love]. The company converted the passenger cabin of one of its Airbus A-320 into a stage for the presentation at a height of 30,000!
?Vueling the world?, the starring aircraft in the event, took off on Monday afternoon from Madrid-Barajas airport, destination Rome with 150 passengers onboard. Journalists invited for the occasion, as well as other passengers, were lucky to get such a literary experience among the clouds.
The crew gave a special welcome to the flight ?Perdona si te llamo amor? with the favourite music of the novel?s protagonists playing in the background. Once the flight reached cruising altitude, a presentation video on this publishing phenomenon was shown, where journalists and public could see how this fiction had become reality.
After this brief introduction, Moccia surprised all the passengers by coming out of the flight cabin to welcome everybody in person. Pleased and surprised by the healthy media turnout ? who were filming onboard ? the writer presented his book and explained his accidental meeting with success twelve years after writing his first novel. Moccia declared he was overwhelmed by this particular presentation: ?I could never have imagined giving a press conference on a plane. I had to take off, sitting in the cockpit to give you all a surprise and the truth is I don?t think I got the best deal, but it was certainly dramatic. Thank you all for coming onboard this special flight for me?. After concluding his presentation, the author spent the rest of the flight giving interviews and autographing copies of his books for passengers.
Vueling, following its innovative instinct, tries to transmit this spirit to its customers as well as offering them excellent service. Thanks to this, the company has been able to entertain its passengers with unique onboard events such as classical music concerts, fashion parades, dj sessions and theatre presentations.
Vueling and Planeta are inviting readers to participate in a competition to win a flight to the city that stars in the novel. Readers should go to www.perdonasitellamoamor.com and answer three questions. A return flight for two including accommodation and the Moccia tour can be won each month from February to June. Currently, Vueling connects Rome with the cities of Barcelona, Madrid, Seville and Valencia.
?Perdona si te llamo amor? is the story of Alessandro, a successful publicist of 37 who has just left his lifelong partner, and Niki, a young but mature and responsible 17-year-old who is in her final year at secondary school. Despite a 20-year age gap, Niki and Alessandro fall madly in love and enact a passionate love story, going against all conventions and social taboos.
Barcelona,6 defebrero de 2008.- Vueling, la aerolínea de nueva generación, y El Club, programa de TV3 presentado por Albert Om, realizan apartir de hoy una acción conjunta de cara a la llegada de la alta velocidad a Barcelona.
Los espectadores de El Club podrán participar en una porra, en donde jugarán a adivinar la fecha de llegada del AVE.
Hasta ese mismo día, Vueling regalará un billete ida y vuelta a Madrid todos los días, incluyendo fines de semana. De modo que si el AVE tarda 30 días en llegar a Barcelona, Vueling regalará 30 billetes.
Estos billetes se acumularán cada día en la porra. Y el día de la llegada del AVE, la bolsa de billetes se sorteará entre todos los que hayan acertado la fecha de llegada. Habrá un único ganador y éste se llevará todos los billetes.
En 2007, Vueling transportó a más de 420.000 pasajeros en la ruta, lo que la convierte en la ruta más popular de su red.
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