Iberia (airline) Deutsche Luft Hansa of 1.1 million pesetas. Flight operations started on 14 December 1927. Within a year, the company was sponsored by the Spanish government to provide postal transport between Madrid and Barcelona. During the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, the aviation companies in Spain were combined and became state-controlled as a general interest public utility, coming into effect in early 1928. As a consequence, Iberia was merged into Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas "S.A." (CLASSA) and ceased activities as an independent airline on 29 May 1929. The name "Iberia" continued to be registered although the company airline did
Ministry of the Interior (Spain) (3) Minister of the Interior (4) Minister of the Interior and the Territory (5) Minister of Justice and the Interior (6) Minister of the Territory of the Peninsula (7) Between 1823 and 1835, neither a Ministry of the Interior nor Territory existed. Ministry of the Interior (Spain) The Ministry of the Interior of Spain () which historically could be known as "Ministerio de la Gobernación", "Ministerio del Orden Público", "Ministerio del Interior y la Gobernación" or "Ministerio del Interior y Justicia" is the executive branch responsible for policing, national security, immigration matters, prisons and road traffic safety. Spain spends around