There is always a first: from 2026 Vueling will also fly with Boeing. Goodbye full-Airbus fleet, first MAXs on the way.

The Spanish company Vueling is for all intents and purposes a low-cost; however, it has some differences with other low-cost carriers such as Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz Air. One out of all: VY has a real loyalty program through which you can accumulate e spend dots (specifically Avios). Vueling, in fact, is a low-cost company that is part of the group IAG - International Airlines Group - which controls British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus.

Going into more detail, in 2022 IAG ordered approx. 50 Boeing 737 MAX (with the option to purchase 100 more): 25 MAX 8 and as many in the MAX 10 version (which, we remind you, has not yet been certified by regulatory bodies). 

Even at the time, the order in question made headlines, considering that the IAG carriers' short/medium-haul fleet consisted solely of Airbus aircraft. Today, three years later, there is another detail that is causing a stir: IAG has revealed that the aircraft ordered will end up in Vueling's fleet. Where does the news lie? Trivially, in the fact that low-cost until now has always had a full-Airbus fleet. 

Specifically, Vueling operates a fleet of 143 aircraft: 6 Airbus A319s, 115 A320s, and 22 A321s; these will be joined in the next few years by some 30 Airbuses-between new-generation A320s and A321s- recently ordered by the lc carrier. As for, however, deliveries of the first Boeings, they are expected to begin at the end of the 2026, lets IAG know. 

With the introduction of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, for Vueling-which will become the first IAG company to use these planes, ed-will begin a new phase: the planes in question - more sustainable, modern, capacious and less fuel-efficient - will not only replace the now-defunct Airbus A320ceo, but will enable the low-cost expand their network And open up new routes.