LEVEL (Barcelona El Prat) has obtained an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) and Operating Licence (OL) in Spain and will transition to operations under its new 'LL' code starting in 2025.

The IAG International Airlines Group subsidiary said that the certification will afford it a greater degree of operating autonomy, eventually contributing to fleet and network growth out of Barcelona El Prat. Certification has necessitated a doubling of the airline's staff, particularly in the newly created operations department.

For the time being, until the transition is completed in 2025, LEVEL will continue to operate under the 'IB' code of its parent Iberia. The newly certified carrier was, until now, formally a virtual brand of the Spanish flag carrier.

LEVEL currently operates six A330-200s. It plans to add a seventh unit of the type "in the coming weeks" and the eighth in 2026. Despite the planned fleet growth, the airline has not announced any new routes and will continue to focus on existing services to Boston, Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini, Miami International, New York JFK, Santiago de Chile, Los Angeles International, and San Francisco (the last two only seasonally).