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Iberia continues with the renewal of its fleet and has received the first A320neo of the six planned for this year, naming it “Maria Pepa Colomer,” a pioneer of aviation.. Iberia press photo
Honoring an aviation pioneer
It is A320neo with EC-NZP registration bears the name María Pepa Colomer, in tribute to one of the pioneering women of aviation.
María Josefa Colomer y Luque was born in Barcelona in 1913 and she was the first female aviator in Catalonia and the first female flight instructor in Catalonia. Spain. Maria Pepa, how she was known, He got his license to fly when he was just eighteen years old., although it was not common for a woman to learn to pilot and her parents were not very enthusiastic about the idea. She became the first Catalan woman and the third Spanish woman to obtain the title of civil aviation pilot.. From then on he participated in numerous festivals and aeronautical activities..
a few years later, María Pepa Colomer obtained the title of flight instructor and began working as a teacher at the Escola d’Aviació de Barcelona. When the Civil War broke out, Colomer joined the Generalitat Pilot School and participated in the Republican side as an Army officer.. At the end of the war, She exiled to Great Britain with her husband, the also pilot Josep Maria Carreras. She continued flying but gave it up a few years later..
All Iberia Airbus A320neos carry names related to aviation: María Pepa Colomer is the latest in a saga that includes Amelia Earhart, María Bernaldo de Quirós, Eagle Patrol, Leonardo Torres Quevedo or Getafe, birthplace of aviation, among others.
The A320neo, This is the fourteenth of this model to operate short and medium-haul flights., It is the most advanced aircraft in terms of technology and efficiency in Iberia's short and medium-haul fleet.. Equipped with Leap-1A type CFM engines, the A320neo is a 50 percent quieter than its predecessors, and between a 15 and a 20 percent more environmentally friendly, since they emit 5000 fewer tons of CO2 per year and a 50 percent less NOx.
What's more, the last A320neo that Iberia has incorporated have the “Airspace” cabin with more comfortable interiors for customers, with larger trunks for hand luggage, more space on board for passengers due to the redesign of the side panels, a new ambient lighting in the cabin (“modo light”) and sinks with antibacterial finish, among other improvements.
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