Iberia News
24-Nov-2009
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Iberia will increase its flights to some Latin American and U.S. destinations during the Christmas holiday period with additional frequencies to Bogota, Caracas, Montevideo and New York.
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23-Apr-2009
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Spain’s AENOR standards bureau has awarded its first-ever certificate for a reduction of CO2 emissions to Iberia Airlines. The certificate attests to the reduction of emissions on the Spanish flag carrier’s walk-on air shuttle service between Madrid and Barcelona, thanks to the application of measures to improve efficiency.
La oficina española de estandarización, AENOR, acaba de acreditar a Iberia con el certificado de reducción de emisiones de CO2. Este certificado acredita que la compañía de bandera española ha reducido las emisiones en la ruta entre Madrid y Barcelona gracias a las medidas de renovación de eficacia adoptadas.
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09-Apr-2009
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Iberia has extended its auto check-in online service to an additional 18 international destinations, allowing passengers to download their boarding cards from the airline’s web site.
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06-Apr-2009
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The Iberia Plus loyalty programme offers the best facilities to members who want to trade their points for free flights, according to a study by the international consultants IdeaWorks published on the web page of the weekly news magazine The Economist.
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27-Mar-2009
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Iberia’s management and Sepla pilots union shop stewards today completed the draft of the company’s 7th collective bargaining agreement, reflecting the accords reached in the negotiations on 22-Jan.
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19-Mar-2009
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In 2008, Iberia’s web site was the channel for more than EUR532 million in air ticket sales, up 7.45% from 2007.
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18-Feb-2009
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Iberia will begin to use the remodeled Terminal 3 at London Heathrow Airport on 25-Feb-09 for all its flights to and from the English capital, including those operated by British Airways to/from Madrid and Barcelona and clickair flights to other Spanish cities.
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02-Feb-2009
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In July, Iberia will fly to Zagreb, operating return flights on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the Summer. The carrier expects to carry some 5,000 passengers on the route. Iberia will also offer flights between Madrid and Dubrovnik, as it did for the first time last Summer.
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16-Dec-2008
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In response to the growing weakness in demand, Iberia carried out additional adjustments in the schedule that led to a capacity reduction of 7.7%. Traffic (RPK) decreased by 10.6% and the load factor stood at 77.1% (2.5 points down on last year) improving its performance with respect to September and October.
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27-Nov-2008
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Iberia announced (26-Nov-08) it is adding 10 new U.S. destinations to its network, after extending its code-sharing arrangements with American Airlines. Iberia passengers can now fly on to Albuquerque, Buffalo, Baltimore, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Rochester, and San Antonio, in connection with the Spanish airline’ flights to Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
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14-Nov-2008
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Starting on 15-Jan-09, Iberia is to add a sixth weekly return flight between Madrid and Montevideo, enabling passengers to fly between Europe and Uruguay any day of the week except Thursdays. Iberia is the only European airline with direct flights to Uruguay.
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11-Nov-2008
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Iberia has refitted its maintenance hangars for painting aircraft to improve and extend its services to its own airplanes, as well as to those of other carriers. The 2,900sqm hangar is equipped for stripping, sanding, painting and drying the paint on aircraft following major overhauls, and also for painting new aircraft before they enter service.
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30-Oct-2008
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Iberia has marked its first anniversary of first flight from Madrid to Warsaw and to Prague. In this period the Iberia has carried more than 54,000 passengers on the Madrid-Warsaw route, with a cabin occupancy rate of 78.16%.
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25-Sep-2008
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SR Technics and Iberia Maintenance have concluded reciprocal contractual
agreements covering engine and component services. The new accords mark the
partners’ first-ever collaboration in these fields.
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22-Sep-2008
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Before the end of this year, Iberia will implement a new electronic documentation system for air cargo shipments, initially for routes between Spain and Frankfurt, Stockholm, and Amsterdam, in compliance with the Spanish e-Freight project defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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12-Sep-2008
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Iberia reports (11-Sep-08) the following traffic highlights for Aug-08:
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25-Jul-2008
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Iberia’s management and the trade unions CC.OO. and UGT have signed the company’s 18th collective bargaining agreement for ground staff.
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24-Jul-2008
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Iberia will increase its weekly seat capacity by 13% on the Madrid-Tel Aviv route by using large A-340 aircraft on two of the 14 weekly flights, starting on 01-Sept-08.
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15-Jul-2008
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(XFN-ASIA) - Spanish airline Iberia said that greater demand for long-haul flights drove passenger traffic higher in June.
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09-Jul-2008
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Iberia Airlines was interested in improving safety in aircraft-only areas, heightening security in the wake of a 2006 car bombing, and preventing theft in its 200,000 square meter facilities.
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30-Jun-2008
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Iberia will put the brakes on a planned fleet expansion due to higher fuel prices. The flag carrier will also further reduce its domestic and European flights to focus on Latin American routes over the next three years.
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11-Jun-2008
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Iberia’s first flight to Dubrovnik departed from Madrid Airport’s Terminal 4 on 07-Jun-08 with a load factor of more than 85%. Iberia will operate three weekly frequencies to Croatia’s Dubrovnik from July to September, while it will offer two flights a week in June and October. Iberia is the only airline operating directly from Madrid to Dubrovnik. Iberia expects to carry over 14,000 passengers on the route. The aircraft to be used on the route are Airbus A320s, equipped with a Business Class section.
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30-May-2008
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Iberia Maintenance, a division of Iberia, signed a long-term agreement with DHL to overhaul more than 80 RB211-535-C37 engines operated by its subsidiaries, DHL Air and European Air Transport (Datamonitor, 29-May-08).
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30-May-2008
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Iberia announced it would withdraw its bid for SAS unit, Spanair, as there “was no agreement on conditions linked to the deal” (Reuters, 29-May-08).
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15-May-2008
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Iberia confirmed it is currently 47% hedged for 2008, but stated it remains unhedged for 2009 (Thomson Financial, 14-May-08).
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15-May-2008
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Iberia reports (14-May-08) the following financial/traffic highlights for the three months ended 31-Mar-08:
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15-May-2008
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Iberia’s first-quarter results, which the airline presented to Spain’s securities market commission (CNMV), were dulled by the sharp hikes in the price of aviation fuel, which translated into an additional cost of €66.8 million over the amount spent in the same quarter of 2007.
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14-May-2008
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Iberia has completed its first exhaustive C-check on an Airbus A-330/300 belonging to the Iberworld company at its Madrid maintenance hangar. The inspection came under the extended maintenance agreement between the two companies. For more than six years Iberia Maintenance has provided inspection and major maintenance services to Iberworld’s Airbus fleet.
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06-May-2008
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Iberia is strengthening its presence in Guatemala and Panama, with the launch of its fourth weekly flight from Madrid to the capital cities of the two Central American nations on 05-May-08. Iberia will operate the routes with Airbus A340s, both the 260-seat 300s and the 352-seat 600s model.
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17-Apr-2008
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Iberia has developed services for its customers that are available through electronic devices such as cell phone or PDA, by accessing www.iberia.com or www.iberia.mobi.
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10-Apr-2008
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Iberia has signed a contract, under which it will repair and maintain CFM56-7B engines used on Air Europa’s fleet of 33 Boeing 737-800, at the installations of Iberia Maintenance in Madrid. This contract, that has a five-year term, is the latest in a series of new agreements, which Iberia has recently reached with carriers such as Eurofly-Meridiana, Pluna, Privilege, Olympic Airways, Conviasa, Air Comet and Aurora Airlines, among others.
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04-Apr-2008
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(XFN Asia) Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA will reportedly be a majority shareholder of the merged Vueling Airlines SA-Clickair Group with a stake of about 40%. Iberia will reportedly renounce management of the new Vueling-Clickair Group.
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