Iberia today presented its flight schedule for this year’s northern summer. During the season, the company will consolidate its recovery after the pandemic “with a focus on its long-haul markets: Latin America and the United States“.
According to the Spanish airline in a press release, it plans to offer around 280 weekly services between its base at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport (MAD) and its destinations in the 16 Latin American countries where it operates regularly. The figure represents an increase of 23.4% over the previous year and is above the values for 2019, the last full year prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Latin America and the Caribbean have always been at the centre of our strategy, but this year we will go further to have more presence in markets such as Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, strengthen our leadership on routes between Latin America and Europe and, at the same time, defend Madrid airport’s position as a bridge between both regions”, commented María Jesús López-Solás, Iberia’s commercial director of Network and Alliances.
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Growth in Latin America
The company highlighted that between 25 March and 28 October it will exceed by 2% the frequency of flights it offered in 2019 between Spain and Latin America. In annual terms, Iberia expects to increase its operations between the two markets by 5% in 2023.
- Bogotá (BOG): 18 weekly flights scheduled from June. In addition, it plans to have a frequency of 21 weekly operations (three daily flights) from November, which would mean a tripling of the 2019 offer.
- Buenos Aires-Ezeiza (EZE): two daily flights; this will consolidate the recovery of the frequency of services to Argentina that Iberia offered before the start of the pandemic.
- Caracas (CCS): consolidation of the frequency of three weekly operations that began last November.
- Mexico City (MEX): the company confirmed that throughout the year it will maintain a frequency of three daily flights between Madrid and the capital of Mexico.
- Panama City (PTY): frequency of between five and seven flights a week during the summer season. Daily operations from November.
- Guayaquil (GYE): three weekly services.
- Havana (HAV): five weekly flights.
- Lima (LIM): increase from seven to ten weekly connections from June. Iberia plans to operate two daily services in the future.
- Montevideo (MVD): daily flights will be maintained throughout the year.
- Quito (UIO): six weekly flights during the summer season, two more than in the same period in 2022.
- San José de Costa Rica (SJO): consolidation of daily services.
- San Juan de Puerto Rico (SJU): six weekly operations from July.
- Santiago de Chile (SCL): consolidation of daily flights.
- Santo Domingo (SDQ): one daily service and recovery of the offer prior to the start of the pandemic.
In addition, the frequency of daily flights between Guatemala City (GUA) and El Salvador (SAL), which began in December, will be maintained.
Recovery of routes to the United States
Iberia will recover its summer routes from Madrid to Washington-Dulles (IAD) and San Francisco (SFO). The company has scheduled 15% more flights to the United States compared to 2022. In total, it will offer up to 124 weekly services between Spain and its eight destinations in the North American country.
- Boston (BOS): one daily operation between April and October.
- Chicago-O’Hare (ORD): one daily flight from March. The frequency will be maintained until the end of the year.
- Dallas (DFW): five flights a week from April, six from May and daily services from June to October.
- Los Angeles (LAX): four flights a week from April and five weekly flights from May to October.
- Miami (MIA): two daily services from March. Frequency will be maintained until the end of the year.
- New York (JFK): two daily flights from March. Frequency will be maintained until the end of the year.
- San Francisco (SFO): three services a week from May to October.
- Washington-Dulles (IAD): four weekly connections between April and October.
European summer
Iberia will reinforce its seasonal flights to and from Bergen (BGO), Catania (CTA), Dubrovnik (DBV), Olbia (OLB), Split (SPU) and Zagreb (ZAG). It will also increase its services to Corfu (CFU), Mykonos (JMK) and Santorini (JTR).
Moreover, it will offer flights to Faro (FAO), operated by Air Nostrum, between June and September. The regional airline will also increase its frequency of flights to Bordeaux (BOD) and Nantes (NTE).
Finally, Iberia will offer up to four daily flights to Düsseldorf (DUS). In addition, it will operate nine weekly services to Stockholm (ARN) from May and will increase connections to ten per week in July. It will also increase its services to the Italian airports of Rome (FCO), Milan-Malpensa (MXP) and Venice (VCE).
The air bridge between Madrid (MAD) and Barcelona (BCN) will have up to 86 weekly flights during the summer, reaching 2019 levels. This represents an increase of eleven weekly connections compared to 2022.
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