About Iberia

Iberia, the flag carrier of Spain, joined oneworld® in September 1999, providing oneworld alliance customers with the best and most convenient connections between Europe and Latin America. In February 2006 Iberia moved its Madrid operations into the new, state-of-the-art Madrid-Barajas Terminal 4.

In recent years, Iberia has become one of Europe's most consistently profitable airlines. It achieved net profits of EUR395 million for 2005 - its tenth year running in the black.

Network

Its worldwide network extends to more than a hundred destinations in 40 countries, including more than 35 points in Spain and 40 plus elsewhere in Europe.  Its main hub is its home base Madrid. Its biggest markets are three domestic routes: Barcelona-Madrid (Europe's first walk-on shuttle service), Palma-Barcelona and Malaga-Madrid.

It was the first European airline to fly to South America and remains the leading carrier between Europe and Latin America, serving some 20 destinations in the region.

With its Iberia Regional / Air Nostrum affiliate, it carried more than 32 million passengers in 2005, operating more than a thousand departures a day.

Travel Classes

Iberia offers a two-class product on its longhaul flights:

• Business Plus, complete with lie-flat beds
• Tourist

On European and domestic flights it offers a two-class service:

• Business
• Tourist

Passengers flying in Iberia's Economy Class on domestic and European flights to pay for any in-flight catering, with a "pay-as-you-go, a la carte menu" offering wider choice while reducing costs which the airline can pass on to its customers by offering great value fares. 

Codeshare Partners

Iberia has the European equivalent of anti-trust immunity with British Airways, and code-shares with American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Malév and Royal Jordanian.

Beyond oneworld, it has commercial links with Air Europa, Air Senegal, Avianca, CSA Czech, El Al Isreal, flyLAL(Lithuanian), Royal Air Maroc, Sterling (Maersk), SN Brussels, Syrian Arab, Taca, TAM, Tarom and Ukraine International.

oneworld Airline Affiliates

• Air Nostrum: Iberia Regional Air Nostrum is an independent carrier which operates as a franchisee of Iberia. It was created in 1994 and it is 96.8 per cent owned by a private corporation called NEFINSA. It operates short and medium-haul routes, mainly from Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia to 56 destinations within Spain and to other parts of Europe and North Africa. Its flights operate with the IB prefix, with a single cabin offering a high quality in-flight service, including free meals and drinks depending on the sector length. It operates more than 450 flights a day, boarding 4.7 million passengers in 2005. In 2005 its fleet reached 69 aircraft - 26 turboprops (ATR 72 and Dash 8), 36 jets (CRJ) and 7 aircrafts in wet lease. It is the only carrier honoured three times with the European Regional Airlines' Association Gold Award. Its own website is www.airnostrum.es

Frequent Flyer

Greater benefits with Iberia Plus

Iberia Plus offers you a world of advantages and special benefits, and with the oneworld alliance, the programme is larger and more flexible than ever before.

For more details of Iberia Plus click here.

oneworld Status

Your oneworld status is shown by a coloured symbol on your Iberia Plus card. To check this status, and learn more about the benefits that you will enjoy, please choose the appropriate Iberia Plus tier from the drop down list below.