An airplane of the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair takes off from Barcelona's airport on September 01, 2010. Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said it had overtaken Spanish flag carrier Iberia as the largest airline in Spain in terms of the number of passengers carried. The company quoted official statistics from Spain's airport authority AENA showing that Ryanair in July transported 2.98 million passengers to or from Spain, compared to 2.77 million for Iberia. AFP PHOTO / JOSEP LAGO (Photo credit should read JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images)
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