Editing Iberia (airline) (section)

===Subsidiaries and alliances===
Iberia has a 9.49% stake in [[low-cost carrier]] [[Vueling]] which is based near Barcelona, with parent company IAG owning the remaining 90.51%. This was done to ensure that IAG does not have 100% of the shares in Vueling, but that the shares are split between its divisions. Iberia also has a 0.95% share in [[Royal Air Maroc]].<ref name="FI" />

Iberia is allied with [[American Airlines]], [[Qantas]], [[Avianca]] and British Airways, and it was allied with [[Grupo TACA]]. On 1 September 1999, the company joined the [[Oneworld]] alliance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneworld.com/news-information/oneworldnews/-/asset_publisher/QtTQ7EuCzxhd/content/oneworld-welcomes-iberia-on-board/maximized|title=oneworld welcomes Iberia on board – oneworld news|date=16 February 1999|website=www.oneworld.com|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>

Iberia formerly owned [[Aviaco]], which operated most domestic routes. It was founded on 18 February 1948 and operated until 1 September 1999. Iberia also owned [[Binter Canarias]], until the Spanish government began the privatisation of the subsidiary. Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas bought the airline from Iberia in July 2002. A second airline using the Binter name, [[Binter Mediterraneo]], was formed as a subsidiary of Iberia in 1988 with routes from [[Melilla]] to [[Málaga]], [[Almeria]], [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] and in its last year, with Madrid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hosteltur.com/02132_binter-oferta-cerca-170-vuelos-semanales-programacion-verano.html|title=BINTER oferta cerca de 170 vuelos semanales en la programación de verano |website=Hosteltur|language=es-ES|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> The airline was acquired by [[Air Nostrum]] in 1998 and merged into its operations, at that time, the airline had a fleet of [[CASA/IPTN CN-235|CN-235s]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2001/06/21/economia/993130919.html|title=Iberia vende Binter Mediterráneo a su filial regional Air Nostrum|website=www.elmundo.es|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

Iberia was a founding partner in the computerised air ticket reservation system, [[Amadeus CRS|Amadeus]], with an 18.28% stake.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2005/01/13/empresas/1105627179_850215.html|title=Iberia retendrá un 11% del capital de Amadeus tras la compra|last=Ramón|first=Alberto Ortín|date=13 January 2005|work=Cinco Días|access-date=2 September 2017|language=es}}</ref> Iberia is also active as a tour operator through its Viva Tours<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hosteltur.com/02729_viva-tours-se-incorpora-al-programa-iberia-plus.html|title=Viva Tours se incorpora al programa Iberia Plus |website=Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo|language=es-ES|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref> and Tiempo Libre units,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ministry of Economy Spain|date=23 June 2003|title=Informe del servicio de defensa de la competencia N-03031 Teinver (Marsans) / Tiempo Libre|url=https://www.cnmc.es/sites/default/files/16172.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902190105/https://www.cnmc.es/sites/default/files/16172.pdf |archive-date=2017-09-02 |url-status=live|pages=20 pages}}</ref> and with Cacesa, it supplies parcel shipment services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alimarket.es/logistica/noticia/153538/cacesa-relanza-su-producto--ibexpress-|title=Cacesa relanza su producto|last=(TRANSmarket)|first=Alimarket Transporte|website=Alimarket.es|language=es-ES|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>

In addition, Iberia is an aircraft maintenance company, servicing its fleet and those of another 48 companies, including some leading European airlines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iberiamaintenance.com/portal/site/mantenimientov2/menuitem.7d5395a7ffd3152498efcf5dd21061ca/?idioma=en|title=[ Alphabetical Order ] – Iberia Maintenance|website=www.iberiamaintenance.com|access-date=2 September 2017|archive-date=2 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902223119/http://www.iberiamaintenance.com/portal/site/mantenimientov2/menuitem.7d5395a7ffd3152498efcf5dd21061ca/?idioma=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> Iberia is a supplier of [[Aircraft ground handling|aircraft handling services]] at all Spanish airports and two in [[Equatorial Guinea]]; its airline clients number more than 200 and has 7300 employees.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://handling.iberia.es/en/nuestras-cifras/|title=Facts & Figures|work=Airport Services|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>
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