In the overall network, load factor improved 5.9 points, reaching 80.0%, level record for the month of January in the history of the company. With an adjustment of 5.7% in the traffic, the number of revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) grew 1.8%. Theses increases confirm the recovery of the demand, although the year on year variations [...]

This afternoon Iberia will take delivery of a new A-319 from the Airbus plant in Toulouse, France. Christened the Visón Europeo [“European Mink”], it is the first aircraft to join the fleet since deliveries were suspended more than a year ago as the company reduced capacity to cope with the global economic slump. Configured to [...]

Iberia has added three new Madrid-Buenos Aires return flights each week, representing an increase of 1,500 seats, or 16%. The new flights raise the weekly total to 17, consisting of three direct flights each day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, and two daily flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Iberia is the airline that [...]

In 2010 Iberia is adding two new countries –Syria and Jordan– to its network during the summer months. From July 3 until October 30, Iberia will operate a weekly Madrid-Amman flight every Saturday. It will leave Madrid at 14:30 h., and arrive in the Jordanian capital at 20:25 h. The return flight will leave Jordan [...]

Owing to the additional security measures imposed by the U.S. Transportation Safety Administration, U.S.-bound passengers much undergo a second security check at boarding gates. Consequently, to avoid bottlenecks and flight delays, Iberia strongly recommends that U.S.-bound passengers reach the airport at least three hours before their flight time

Today the Spanish airline Iberia and the NGO formed by its employees, “Mano a Mano” (“Hand to hand”) are shipping 20 tonnes of humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Wednesday. Drinking water, food, medical supplies, and bed sheets make up the shipment carried in flight IB6501 which leaves Madrid at [...]

Iberia has scheduled a number of new flights between Madrid and Lima, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Quito and Havana. The four new direct flights to Lima represent an increase of some 40%, and raises the total number of weekly return flights to 11. The flights are well connected in Madrid to other Spanish and European destinations, [...]