{"id":1118,"date":"2013-08-11T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T17:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:15:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-281846647\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-3\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/113A9437-1200x800.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Equipo IBBallooning\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-227183359\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y80 md-y80 lg-y80 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<h1 class=\"lead\">Our team<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">We would like to tell you our story and introduce you to our team. <\/p>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-227183359 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-227183359 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-281846647 {\n  padding-top: 507px;\n}\n#banner-281846647 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.49);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-983787736\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1255563212\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"lead text-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illes Balears Ballooning (IB Ballooning) was born in 2006 after 15 years flying through Mallorca to offer a more exclusive and quality product. The first step is to maintain the activity throughout the year to break the seasonality, in addition to promoting air advertising.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-380329056\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The operations director and flight chief Jordi Aracil Romero has<\/span> <b>4,000 hours of flight experience.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Other collaborating pilots are: Julio Alou (Karakorum), Andr\u00e9s Tapias and Frank Holth\u00f6fer (FH Ballonfahrten). A young and expert team that has represented Spain in several world and European to enjoy the best aerial sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this we have our aeronautical engineer Don Josep Maria Llad\u00f3 Costa, balloon designer and one of the best pilots in the world who periodically checks all the equipment, performing tests on the strength of the sails, reviews on burners and cylinders, as well as controls on quality in the baskets that still seem new despite the years because for us their safety is above all. IB Ballooning is an airline work company <\/span><b>authorized by civil aviation for balloon flights with passengers, aerial advertising and photo-filming with more than 30 years of experience.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-380329056 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1759282932\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2\"  data-parallax-fade=\"true\" data-parallax=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Jordi Aracil Director de vuelo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982-1320x1980.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/113A9982-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/>                         <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n         \n          <div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n                <div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n                  <h4 class=\"uppercase\">\n                    <span class=\"person-name\">Jordi Aracil romero<\/span><br\/>\n                    <span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      Operations Manager and Flight Director.                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Operations Manager and Flight Director. He has 4,000 flight hours<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\n    \n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-563219483\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2\"  data-parallax-fade=\"true\" data-parallax=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/ibballooning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jose-maria-llado-e1741848181905.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" \/>                         <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n         \n          <div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n                <div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n                  <h4 class=\"uppercase\">\n                    <span class=\"person-name\">Josep Maria Llad\u00f3 Costa<\/span><br\/>\n                    <span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      Aeronautic Engineer                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Manufacturer, balloon designer and one of the best pilots in the world who periodically reviews the entire team.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\n    \n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1816242929\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" 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