Iberia Airlines

The Spanish carrier plans to operate flights to 18 Latin America destinations in 16 countries from July.

A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.

Several domestic trunk routes are expected to reach 2019 capacity levels again.

Spanish flag-carrier Iberia has announced an ambitious summer program, resuming scheduled flights to many past destinations and adding capacity on its busiest routes as more travel restrictions lift.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has seen growing revenue contributions from its long-haul business since July 2020 with the segment now contributing the majority of passenger revenues.

Iberia has laid out plans to expand its existing maintenance installations into a major hub for MRO activities in southern Europe. The Spanish flag

The Qatar-UAE flights will be the first scheduled nonstop routes since mid-2017. Additionally, Qatar’s flag-carrier has signed an expanded codeshare deal with Iberia.

Aer Lingus has won approval from the U.S. Transportation Department to enter into a transatlantic joint venture that also includes American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair and Iberia.

China’s aviation authority has given the go-ahead for carriers to start four new international passenger services, including flights to Madrid and Toronto.

The Spanish regional carrier plans to reduce salary costs by 25% to avoid layoffs and to reduce its fleet by one third, equaling about 14 aircraft.

Ireland’s flag-carrier has secured provisional clearance to join a transatlantic alliance that includes American Airlines and British Airways.

A focus on providing same-day return flights on European business routes will form a key part of Spanish flag-carrier Iberia’s winter schedule.

More than 75 destinations will be served by the Spanish carrier this winter, with an emphasis on boosting business travel.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has phased out the last of Iberia’s Airbus A340s and begun retiring British Airways’ (BA) entire Boeing 747-400 fleet, the group reported Aug. 17.

International Airlines Group CEO Willie Walsh believes passenger traffic won't return to 2019 levels until at least 2023.

Iberia is to retire its fleet of Airbus A340s this year, several years earlier than planned, as it seeks to right-size its fleet amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Airlines Group (IAG) is considering a legal challenge to UK government plans to impose a 14-day quarantine on international arrivals as part of efforts to fight COVID-19, CEO Willie Walsh has said.

This week: Iberia plans to return to Washington Dulles after a decade; Qantas to end Beijing service; and Turkish Airlines increases service to the New York area.

After being denied in its quest to form a joint venture with LATAM Airlines Group and American Airlines – and then seeing rival Delta Air Lines take a stake in LATAM – International Airlines Group is strengthening its position on transatlantic services to South America with the acquisition of Air Europa. Routesonline looks at the current state of play on Europe – Latin America routes.

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We profile Iberia, the flag carrier of Spain and Routes Europe 2019 attendee.

The UK’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into a transatlantic route agreement involving four oneworld alliance airlines.