LEVEL, the long-haul airline based in Barcelona, Spain, will introduce a sixth aircraft to its fleet during the summer 2024 season, supporting the expansion of its intercontinental network.
The addition of the Airbus A330-200 will enable the International Airlines Group (IAG) subsidiary to launch a new route linking its Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN) base and Miami International Airport (MIA). The service will begin on March 31, 2024, operating three times per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Miami will become the fifth point in the U.S. that LEVEL serves, alongside Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Chief Commercial Officer Lucía Adrover says the new route demonstrates the LCC’s commitment to connecting Barcelona with destinations in the Americas, as well as diversifying the airline’s offering to provide an “increasingly broader and more robust product” to passengers. Alongside the U.S. routes, LEVEL also flies to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE), Argentina, and Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), Chile.
At present, Barcelona-Miami is exclusively served with nonstop flights by American Airlines. The Oneworld alliance member operates daily, year-round flights on the 4,685-mi. (4,071-nm) sector using Boeing 787-8s. Additionally, Norwegian briefly served the Barcelona-Florida market from August 2017, flying to Fort Lauderdale. However, this route ceased operations in October 2019 prior to the Scandinavian LCC’s complete withdrawal from transatlantic routes.
LEVEL commenced operations in summer 2017, initially providing long-haul flights from BCN to Buenos Aires; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
The carrier expanded the following summer by taking over the operation of IAG subsidiary OpenSkies at Paris Orly Airport (ORY), as well as launching short-haul service from Vienna International Airport (VIE). Short-haul flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) followed in 2019.
However, IAG opted to consolidate operations in BCN after the onset of the pandemic, resulting in the termination of LEVEL service from AMS, ORY and VIE during 2020.
During the forthcoming northern winter 2023-24 season, LEVEL will continue to serve BOS, EZE, JFK, LAX and SCL, with flights to SFO being paused. Overall capacity to the U.S. will be about 6,700 two-way weekly seats, up by 19% year-on-year, while peak capacity to the destinations in Latin America will top 8,700 two-way weekly seats, marking a 27% rise compared with winter 2022-23.
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