Iberia (IB)

To meet strong traveller demand, Iberia is increasing its flight frequencies, particularly to Latin America and the United States, with more than 160 flights per week, offering over 1 million seats to the United States and Canada and more than 3 million to Latin America, including increased frequencies to Buenos Aires, Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Chile. The airline is optimising the use of its wide-body fleet from its Madrid-Barajas hub to facilitate international flights. It is launching a direct Madrid-Toronto route starting 13 June, with 5 weekly flights. Iberia is also adding one daily flight to New York on the direct Madrid-Newark route, complementing its daily services to JFK, and is launching a new seasonal route, Madrid-Monterrey, from 2 June, with 3 flights per week. The airline is also expanding its European network with nearly 16 million seats, 4 new destinations in Montenegro, Romania, Canada and Mexico , as well as increased seasonal services to the Greek islands, Italian, Portuguese and Croatian islands. Additional flights will operate in summer 2026 to Athens, Nice and Milan.

The airline Iberia plans to offer more than 3,354,000 seats between Europe and Latin America for the summer 2026 season, representing a 7.6% year-on-year increase. It will operate up to 366 weekly flights on this strategic route. This expansion is part of its “Flight Plan 2030” programme, which aims to drive targeted growth in the most dynamic markets. Argentina illustrates this strategy with 23 weekly flights to Buenos Aires between June and August, making it the airline’s first long-haul destination to exceed 3 daily flights. In Mexico, the airline will launch a new air connection Madrid–Monterrey starting 2 June 2026 and will increase its overall capacity to the country. It aims to exceed 800,000 seats between Mexico and Europe by combining Monterrey and Mexico City. Brazil will also benefit from increased service to Recife, Fortaleza and more flights to Rio de Janeiro. In the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico will see their flight frequencies increase significantly. Finally, the route to Santiago de Chile will offer nearly 240,000 seats, confirming Iberia’s ambition to consolidate its leadership on the Europe–Latin America route.