Iberia Boosts Russian Flights

Spanish national carrier Iberia has raised capacity on its routes between Spain and Russia for the summer period. It resumed a twice-weekly Airbus A319 service between Madrid and St Petersburg on June 4 and will also add two new weekly flights to Moscow in June and September and four extra weekly flights in July and August, for a total of 18 flights per week.

An estimated 744,000 O&D passengers travelled between Spain and Russia in the last year, with Iberia holding a 21.2 per cent share of this traffic. Aeroflot Russian Airlines dominates the traffic between the two countries with over 30 weekly flights between Moscow and Alicante, Barcelona and Madrid. Fellow Russian carrier S7 Airlines also serves the Moscow – Madrid route with three flights per week.