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
National Archives of Spain the central administration, created in 1969 as a replacement for the Central Archive, which was destroyed in a fire in 1939. The General Archive of Simancas, established in 1540, now serves as a historical archive. Other Archives and Centers include: The "Portal de Archivos Españoles," PARES, is the open access database for the digitized records of the various collections within the National Archives.This project is run in conjunction by the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. National Archives of Spain The National Archives of Spain is a national system of Archives and State