Iberia details its flight schedule for next summer
Iberia will consolidate its post-pandemic recovery in the summer of 2023, with a focus on its long-haul markets: Latin America and the United States.
For the airline industry, the summer season starts on March 25 and runs until October 28, six months in which Iberia’s main focus will be on Latin America. Following the recovery of its entire network of destinations, the airline has programmed capacity increases in its most strategic markets in this region, and will deploy marketing campaigns and other communication, public relations and sponsorship actions to increase its brand recognition in the 16 Latin American countries where it flies.
Offensive in Latin America
In the summer season Iberia will recover all its pre-pandemic flight offer and has even programmed a 23.4% growth in its operations over 2022 and also above 2019: 2% more flights in the summer season, and 5% more than in the overall year.
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Specifically, it will offer close to 280 weekly flights to 18 destinations in 16 Latin American countries:
Bogota: Colombia has been one of Iberia’s star markets. In the last year it has grown from 10 to 14 weekly frequencies; as of June, it will operate 18 and the company’s intention is to offer 21 flights -three daily- as of November, which would mean tripling its capacity compared to 2019.
Buenos Aires: Two daily flights to Argentina’s capital city are consolidated.
Lima: Iberia increases from 7 to 10 weekly frequencies from June until the end of the year, with the intention of reaching the double daily flight.
Mexico: The three daily flights reached in December 2022 will be maintained throughout 2023, above the pre-pandemic capacity.
Quito: Six weekly frequencies are also consolidated -two more than last summer-, in addition to three frequencies to Guayaquil.
Montevideo: Since January, Iberia offers up to seven weekly frequencies, which will be maintained for most of the year.
In Santiago de Chile, the daily flight is consolidated.
Rio de Janeiro: The operation continues with three weekly frequencies, in addition to another seven with Sao Paulo.
In Central America, the increase to a daily flight on the Guatemala-El Salvador route, which took place in December, was consolidated, as was the increase to a daily flight on the San José route in Costa Rica. Panama will have between five and seven weekly frequencies throughout the summer, and daily flights starting in November.
In the Caribbean, Havana will have five frequencies starting in September, Santo Domingo will consolidate its pre-Pandemia operation with a daily flight, and Puerto Rico will reach six weekly frequencies in July and August.
In Caracas, the three daily frequencies with which Iberia resumed the route last November will be consolidated.
Return to Washington and San Francisco
In the US, Iberia will recover its summer routes to Washington and San Francisco. In addition, starting in June, it will increase its daily flights to Dallas. In total, it has scheduled nearly 15% more flights to the U.S. than in 2022: up to 124 weekly flights between Spain and eight U.S. destinations.
New York: Two daily flights from March, which will continue beyond the summer season until the end of the year.
Miami: Two daily flights that will also be maintained throughout the year.
Chicago: Daily flights from March through December.
Boston: Daily flights from April through October.
Dallas: Iberia has operated this route throughout the winter – it was initially launched as seasonal last June with four weekly frequencies – and from April it will increase to five frequencies, to six in May and will reach a daily flight from June to October.
Los Angeles: This route will have four frequencies in April, which will increase to five from May to October, and Iberia will operate it with its largest aircraft, the Airbus A350s with capacity for 359 passengers.
Washington: Iberia will again operate this route from April to October with four weekly frequencies.
San Francisco: This seasonal route returns from May to October with three weekly frequencies.
Summer destinations in Europe
Iberia will resume all its summer routes in the coming months: Bergen, in July and August with two weekly frequencies; and in Italy, Catania, from June to September; and Olbia, from the end of June to September.
In Croatia, Dubrovnik -with up to two daily flights in August-, Split and Zagreb, which will reach the daily flight in August.
In Greece, in addition to Athens – which will have more than three daily frequencies in August – Corfu – in July, August and September -, Mykonos and Santorini, both from the end of June to September.
In Portugal, Iberia’s year-round routes to Lisbon, Oporto and Funchal will be joined in summer by Faro, from June to September, operated by Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum.
And in the rest of the short- and medium-haul network, the biggest increases will be in Dusseldorf, where up to four daily flights will be offered; Stockholm, where Iberia will increase from one daily flight to nine weekly frequencies in May and to 10 from July; Milan, with up to five daily flights; Rome, which will increase from 32 to 37 weekly frequencies compared to last summer; and Venice, with 25 weekly frequencies (five more than in 2022).
Also Bordeaux, from two to three daily flights; and Nantes, which will have three daily flights; all these routes operated by Iberia Regional/Ar Nostrum.
Consolidating the commitment to the Air Bridge
In Spain, Iberia’s biggest bet will be on the Air Shuttle between Madrid and Barcelona, which this summer will have up to 86 weekly frequencies, the same capacity as before the pandemic and 11 more than last summer.
The other most significant growths correspond to Bilbao, which will have up to 38 weekly frequencies -six more than last summer; A Coruña, which will have up to 31 weekly frequencies -five more than in 2022-; and Santander, which this summer will increase from three to four daily flights.
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