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
History of the Spain national football team over Bolivia, again in Chicago. Spain continued through the second round with a 3–0 victory over Switzerland in Washington, but their tournament ended with a controversial 2–1 defeat to Italy in the quarter-finals in Foxborough near Boston, after star forward Luis Enrique was elbowed in the face by Mauro Tassotti in the Italian penalty box which caused him to visibly bleed from his nose. Spain qualified for Euro 1996 in England from a group consisting of Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus, Macedonia and Armenia. In the final tournament, Spain faced group matches in Leeds against Bulgaria, France and Romania. With 1–1 draws