Ibican Airlines
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| Founded | April 15, 1936 Willmington, West Monroe, Ibica | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 25, 1936 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | IAdvantage | ||||||
| Fleet size | 940 | ||||||
| Company slogan | "Great is what we're going for" | ||||||
| Parent company | Ibican Airlines Group | ||||||
| Traded as | ECSE: IAG | ||||||
| Headquarters | Willmington, West Monroe | ||||||
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| Employees | 126,600 (Jun 2018) | ||||||
Ibican Airlines, Inc. (IA) is a major Ibican airline headquartered in Willmington, near Willmington Carter International Airport. It is one of the world's largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, scheduled passengers carried, scheduled passenger-kilometers flown, and a number of destinations served. Ibican, together with its regional partners, operates an extensive international and domestic network with almost 6,800 flights per day to nearly 43 destinations in more than 10 countries.
Ibican Airlines operates out of 5 hubs, with Willmington being its largest; handling more than 200 million passengers annually with an average of more than 500,000 passengers daily. Ibican operates its primary maintenance base in Buena Vista in addition to the maintenance locations at its hubs. As of 2019, the company employs nearly 130,000 people. Through the airline's parent company, Ibican Airlines Group, it is publicly traded under ECSE: IAG with a market capitalization of about $12.7 billion as of 2019.
Destinations and hubs
Destinations
As of November 2019, Ibican Airlines flies to 29 domestic destinations and 14 international destinations in 10 countries
Hubs
Ibican currently operates five hubs.<
Cabins
- Flagship First
Flagship First is Ibican's international First Class product. It is offered only on the airline's Boeing 777-300ERs. The seats are fully lie-flat and offer direct aisle access in a 1-2-1 reverse herringbone configuration. As with the airline's other premium cabins, Flagship First offers wider food and beverage options, larger seats, and more amenities at certain airports, e.g., lounge access.
- Flagship Business
Flagship Business is a premium cabin offered on some Boeing 757-200s and all Airbus A330-200s, Airbus A330-300s, Boeing 767-300ERs, Boeing 777-200ERs, Boeing 777-300ERs, Boeing 787-8s, and Boeing 787-9s. All Flagship Business seats are fully lie-flat. Only the Boeing 757-200 does not offer direct aisle access from each seat.
- Domestic First Class
First Class is offered on all domestic mainline aircraft, as well as regional aircraft with more than 50 seats. Seats range from 19–21 inches (48–53 cm) in width and have 37–42 inches (94–107 cm) of pitch. Dining options include free snacks, beverages, and alcohol on all flights, with three-course meals offered on flights 900 miles (1,400 km) or longer (some routes under 900 miles also offer meal service).
- Premium Economy
On December 9, 2015, Ibican announced a new Premium Economy cabin for most long-haul widebody aircraft. The cabin debuted on the airline's Boeing 787-9s in late 2016 and is also available on Boeing 777-200s and -300s, some Boeing 787-8s, and Airbus A330-200s. Premium Economy seats are wider than seats in Main Cabin (Ibican's economy cabin) and provide more amenities: Premium Economy customers get two free checked bags, priority boarding, and enhanced food and drink service including free alcohol.
- Main Cabin
Main Cabin is Ibican's economy product, and is found on all mainline and regional aircraft in its fleet. Seats range from 17–18.5 inches (43–47 cm) in width and have 30–32 inches (76–81 cm) of pitch.
Reward programs
IAdvantage
IAdvantage is the frequent flyer program for Ibican Airlines. It was launched on May 1, 1981, and it remains the largest frequent flyer program with over 67 million members as of 2011. Miles accumulated in the program allow members to redeem tickets, upgrade service class, or obtain free or discounted car rentals, hotel stays, merchandise, or other products and services through partners.
Flagship Lounge
The Flagship Lounge is a lounge specifically designed for customers flying in First Class and Business Class on international flights and transcontinental domestic flights, as well as IAdvantage Concierge Key, Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro, and Platinum frequent flyers.
Corporate affairs
Ibican Airlines is headquartered in Willmington, adjacent to the Willmington Carter International Airport. The headquarters is located in two office buildings in the CentrePort office complex and these buildings together have about 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2) of space. As of 2014 over 4,300 employees work at this complex.