new routes to Washington and Dallas and recover San Francisco
Iberia This Wednesday it launches flights to Washington and Dallas and, in addition, recovers the route to San Francisco, going from six to nine destinations in the United States. With this, the Spanish airline will offer four direct flights a week between Washington and Madrid until October 29every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The plane that will operate this route is A330-200, twin-engine and 15% more efficient, with capacity for 288 passengers, 19 in Business and 269 in Tourist, which will mean an offer of more than 50,000 seats between both capitals in these five months of operation.
The flights will leave Madrid at 12:10 p.m. facilitating connections with Washington from other points in Spain and Europe.
Promotion of the Madrid destination
For Madrid, the United States is the first country outside the European Union to send tourists and the capital’s City Council wanted to take advantage of the launch of Iberia flights to Washington to promote the Madrid destination.
For this reason, the A330/200 with which Iberia will operate its first flight to Washington is vinyl with the main tourist attractions of the Spanish capital and carries on its fuselage the images of the Puerta de Alcalá, the Retiro Park, the Royal Palace and the statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree.
Starting this Wednesday Iberia will also operate to Dallas, the great metropolis in North Texas. They have been programmed with four weekly frequencies (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) and operated by A330/200 aircraft with capacity for 288 passengers.
Dallas is the great ‘hub’ of American Airlines, which ensures a great connectivity within the United States for customers within the joint business agreement that Iberia maintains with American Airlines, British Airways and Finnair for the operation of routes between Europe and the North Atlantic.
This summer Iberia also returns to San Francisco, route that had to be interrupted during the pandemic. Until September 30, three weekly flights have been scheduled (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) with departures at 12:20 p.m. also to facilitate connections. The aircraft scheduled to operate the route is the A330/200, with capacity for 288 passengers.
Only IAG group airlines offer direct flights with San Francisco; Iberia from Madrid and LEVEL also from Barcelona, with four weekly frequencies (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday)
Strong commitment to the United States
With all these routes, the airline shows its strong commitment to the United States, the country that concentrates its greatest capacity, and where will go from six to nine destinations in the summer season.
In addition to the launch of new destinations and the recovery of San Francisco, Iberia will also increase its capacity in other cities such as New York, Boston and Los Angelesand has scheduled up to more than 120 weekly flights between Spain and the United States.
Specifically, this summer Iberia will have up to 14 weekly flights Madrid-New Yorkwhich are added to LEVEL’s daily flight from Barcelona.
Iberia will offer another 14 flights with Miami; Chicago will have up to seven flights a week, and Boston will also reach daily flights in July and August, an operation that is complemented by LEVEL’s four weekly Barcelona-Boston frequencies. Los Angeles will have up to five weekly frequencies from Iberia from Madrid and another four from LEVEL from Barcelona.
The offer is completed with up to five weekly flights to San Juan de Puerto Rico, a destination that is also part of the joint business agreement for routes between Europe and the North Atlantic that Iberia maintains together with American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Aerlingus and Level.
Europe-United States joint business
The joint business agreement for the exploitation of routes between Europe and the North Atlantic began in 2010 between American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia, Finnair joined in 2013, LEVEL in 2017 and Aer Lingus in 2021.
Customers can combine flights operated by any of the six companies to get the best deals and enjoy more efficient connections thanks to the coordination of schedules.
Aer Lingus has launched two new routes: from Manchester to New York, and from Manchester to Orlando. Meanwhile, American Airlines will operate Charlotte-Rome until October 29, 2022, and British Airways will operate Heathrow – Portland from June 3 and, on the same day, will also resume the Heathrow – Pittsburgh route.
Finnair has launched a new route from Helsinki to Dallas and, from June 1 to October 29, also Helsinki – Seattle. And finally, LEVEL launched the Barcelona-Los Angeles route on March 28 and will operate up to four weekly frequencies.
New uniforms and onboard experience
This Wednesday Iberia also debuts new uniforms for its crew created by the designer Teresa Helbigas well as a new on-board experience for customers with a renewal of its gastronomic offer with local and seasonal products that seeks to highlight the gastronomic wealth of our country.
The on-board entertainment system has also been enriched with more than 160 movies, another 480 seriesdocumentaries and master classes and more than 230 music options.
In addition, free messaging will now be offered throughout the flight for Iberia Plus customers and those travelling in Business Class, share messages via WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger or Facebook Messenger, as well as send emails without attachments.
