Evelop Airlines and Orbest to merge

Earlier this year the Spanish authorities approved the acquisition of parts of tour-operator Globalia by Barceló, which is a large travel conglomerate owning 250 hotels and tour operator Ávoris. Air Europa, which is owned by Globalia, is not one of the parts involved and is in the process of being sold to IAG.

However, due to the COVID 19-crisis, both Globalia and Barceló have been forced to apply for state-aid, which they could receive if both tour operators would merge. The plan is now to create a new Spanish tour operator, with Ávoris owning 50.5% and Globalia 49.5% of the shares. As a result of this merger, Barceló has decided to move its two owned airlines, Evelop Airlines and Orbest, to Ávoris and merge them under the new Iberojet-brand.

Evelop Airlines currently has a fleet of seven aircraft consisting of one A320, one A330-200, three A330-300s and two A350-900s. Orbest, which is based in Portugal, has a fleet of one A330-300 and one A330-900.

Photo by Anton Homma.