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More than seven years after it launched, the fastest-growing carrier within Europe’s International Airlines Group (IAG) portfolio of airlines has finally acquired its own Air Operators Certificate (AOC) and will start operating flights with its own airplanes, pilots and cabin crew.
Since 2017, Barcelona-based low-cost, long-haul carrier LEVEL has had to rely on sister airline Iberia to operate flights on its behalf because it did not possess its own AOC despite…
