Iberojet is a Spanish holiday company and a constituent of Ávoris.
Overview
Iberojet was founded in 1973
as a travel wholesaler, in 2015 the brand was acquired by Ávoris
and is currently its
online travel agency
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(OTA)
for the distribution of its own product.
The company's key services were holidays within Spain, including the
Balearic Islands
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and
Canary Islands
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; the wider
Europe
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an continent and the
Mediterranean
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, including major capitals and tourism circuits; the
Caribbean
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, including the
Dominican Republic
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,
Mexico
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and
Jamaica
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; North Africa, including
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
,
Morocco
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and
Egypt
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, and also
Brazil
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in South America. Most notably, the company was the first to offer direct flights from Spain to destinations such as
India
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,
Jamaica
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,
Corfu
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,
Cyprus
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and
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...
. For a short period, the company also operated a fleet of
cruise ships
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, a service that ended after the purchase
of
Ibero Cruises
Ibero Cruises () was a United Kingdom, British-United States, American and Spain, Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The cruise line was aimed at the Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese speaking markets ...
by
Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is a British and American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over ninety vessels across eight cruise line brands. A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of the Panama-incorporated, US-headquartered Carnival ...
.
At the present time, Iberojet sells long-haul tours on the five continents, as well as circuits in Europe and the rest of the world, it also sells travel packages to the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Cancun, Cuba and Jamaica) and Mauritius, Kenya and Zanzibar on direct flights with
Evelop Airlines
Evelop Airlines, Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada, S.L., operating as Iberojet, is a Spanish-Portuguese charter airline that operates short- and long-haul flights out of Spain and Portugal on behalf of tour operators. The airline has regist ...
, Ávoris' airline.
References
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Travel and holiday companies of Spain
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