History of Iberia (airline) War, mainly in its Madrid - Barcelona line, although a great part of the planes of its fleet were requisitioned by the Spanish Republican Air Force and used as military transports. As the name "Iberia" was still registered, it was used anew when airline operations began in 1937 in territory held by the rebel faction during the Spanish Civil War. In 1939, after the end of the conflict, the planes belonging to LAPE's fleet were repainted with the Iberia airline livery. When the Iberia company fully restarted operations following the Civil War, it became a purely domestic airline. It won
Freedom of the press in Spain Freedom of the press in Spain Freedom of press is the right of newspapers, magazines and other printed matter to publish news without any control from the government. The freedom of the press in Spain, a Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy, is guaranteed in section 20 of its Constitution written in 1978, after the dictatorship of General of Francisco Franco which ended in 1975. Spain has been ranked by the World Press Freedom on the 29th place in 2017. The Spanish Constitution, during its national referendum on December 6 of 1978, guaranteed the freedom of press in section 20