Iberia continúto with the renovationón of his fleet and has received the first A320neo of the six planned for this yearñthe bautizádoing it like «Maria Pepa Colomer» pioneer of aviationón. Iberia press photo
Honoring an aviation pioneerón
It is A320neo with marriageíEC-NZP is named after Maríand Paper Colomer, in tribute to one of the pioneering women of aviationón.
MaríJosefa Colomer and Luque were bornó in Barcelona in 1913 and it was the Catalu's first female aviatorñand the first female flight instructor in España. Maríand Pepa, How did I know her?ía, gotó the license to fly at just eighteenños, although it was not common for a woman to learn to pilot and her parents were not very enthusiastic about the idea. It becameó in the first Catalan woman and the third Spanishñhello what do you getíto the tíaviation pilot titleón civil. From then on I participatedó in numerous festivals and aero activitiesáUticas.
ones toñm axisáIt's afternoon, MaríPepa Colomer got the tíflight instructor title and startedó to work as a teacher at the Escola d’Aviationó from Barcelona. When it explodedó the civil War, Colomer put himself at the service of the Generalitat Pilot School and participatedó on the Republican side as an Army officerérecite. At the end of the war, se exilió to Great Britainñtogether with her husband, he tooén pilot Josep Maria Carreras. She continuedó flying but I left itó each otherñundress themés.
All Iberia Airbus A320neos carry names related to aviation.ón: MaríPepa Colomer is the úlatest in a saga including Amelia Earhart, Maríto Bernaldo de Quirós, Patrol Águila, Leonardo Torres Quevedo or Getafe, birthplace of aviationón, among others.
The A320neo, This is the fourteenth of this model to operate short and medium-haul flights., it's the avión más advanced in tétechnology termsía and efficiency of Iberia's short and medium-haul fleet. Equipped with Leap-1A type CFM engines, the A320neo is a 50 percent más quieter than its predecessors, and between a 15 and a 20 percent más environmentally friendly, since they emit 5000 tons less CO2 per yearñor and a 50 percent less NOx.
Además, the úlast A320neo that Iberia has incorporated have the cabin “Airspace” with interior mácomfortable for customers, with trunks máspacious s for hand luggage, más space on board for passengers by redesignñor side panels, a new illuminationón cabin environment (“modo light”) and sinks with antibacterial finish, among other improvements.
