The Spanish airline Air Europa plans to add ten Boeing 787 long-haul jets to its long-haul fleet. In the aftermath of the failed takeover by IAG, one can now imagine continued existence on one's own initiative.

The Spanish government doesn't like the fact that the deal between Air Europa owner Globalia and the International Airlines Group has burst. The background is also that state aid has been granted and, according to local media reports, Air Europa has again applied for a financial injection.

Nevertheless, the carrier is considered to be strategically important, because it maintains a dense domestic network that is used both as a feeder and as a point-to-point. Recently, the government also considered that part of the state loans could be converted into a participation. The idea was that IAG could still be persuaded to get involved. Globalia does not seem to be particularly enthusiastic about these proposals, which have since gone quiet again.

Company boss Juan José Hidalgo defends himself to the newspaper OK Diario against these plans and emphasizes that the Globalia subsidiary would be back in the black. You also have enough funds to be able to repay the interest and the final loans. One now focuses on continued existence on its own and is opposed to the fact that the carrier could come from the competitor Iberia.

In order to be able to emphasize this claim, ten additional Boeing 787s are to be added to the fleet this year and the long-haul range expanded. At the moment there are already 18 machines of this type in the fleet.