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Vueling Airlines, S.A. is a Spanish low-cost airline based at El Prat de Llobregat in Greater Barcelona with hubs in Barcelona–El Prat Airport and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy. It is the largest airline in Spain by fleet size and a number of destinations. There are 15 additional bases at A Coruña, Alicante, Asturias, Bilbao, Florence, Gran Canaria, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, and Valencia. It also has a couple of summer seasonal bases at Ibiza and Menorca. Vueling serves over 100 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In 2015, the airline carried more than 24 million passengers, with a load factor of 81%.

Vueling was established in May 2004 and commenced operations on 1 May 2004 with a flight between Barcelona and Ibiza. The initial fleet consisted of two Airbus A320aircraft, based in Barcelona serving Brussels, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The name Vueling was formed by combining the Spanish word vuelo(flight) with the English gerund suffix -ing.

Initially, major shareholders of Vueling Airlines were Apax Partners (40%), Inversiones Hemisferio (Grupo Planeta) (30%), Vueling's management team (23%), and V.A. Investor (JetBlue Airways) (7%). During its nascent stages, the company's general manager was Lázaro Ros, while Carlos Muñoz was CEO. In May 2007, Vueling appointed managing director of Spanair Lars Nygaard as CEO to replace Carlos Muñoz, who remained a member of the Board of Directors.

Madrid was added as the airline's second base in 2005, followed by its first base outside Spain at Paris Charles de Gaulle in 2007. Seville followed in May 2009.