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The first commercial flight Iberia joined Barcelona and Madrid the 14 from December to 1927, and operated the route with a Rohrbach Roland tri-engine aircraft, who had the capacity to 10 people.
Accommodated in wicker seats and bound for the Cuatro Vientos aerodrome, on Madrid, 10 people undertook their journey from Barcelona on the first commercial Iberia flight, which took place on 14 from December to 1927.
Iberia's first flight
With two crew members, baggage and cargo, They flew in a Rohrbach Roland tri-engine plane, whose top speed was 205 km/h, which allowed him to complete the journey in three and a half hours. upon arrival, King Alfonso XIII presided over the act that formalized the birth of the company, founded six months ago.
From that moment, Iberia offered daily flights between Madrid and Barcelona, with a fleet of three Rohrbach Roland tri-engine aircraft and that, during the first month of operation, added up 75 flights and 287 passengers. The price of the trip was 163 pesetas and 300 pesetas for those who bought round trip.
76 years connecting Latin America and Europe
Definitely, one of the great milestones of Iberia in these 95 years was that, less than 20 years after making its first commercial flight, the airline set its eyes on Latin America and crossed the Atlantic 22 September 1946, from the Madrid Barajas airport to Buenos Aires. this journey, which had stops in Villa Cisneros (Africa), Christmas and Rio de Janeiro, was completed after 36 hours aboard a Douglas DC-4 model aircraft.
The expedition, composed of three commanders, a navigator, a radium, a mechanic and a stewardess, transported to America at the first 24 people, who paid 7.250 pesetas or 659 dollars at the exchange rate of the time. Thus, Iberia became the first airline in Europe to, after the war, established regular air traffic between both continents.
Buenos Aires marked the beginning of a relationship between Iberia and Latin America that has been maintained and has been strengthened until today, because that region is today at the center of the company's corporate strategy, So it supposes around 50 percent of your trade.
Hoy, Iberia has flights to 18 Latin American destinations, which are distributed in 16 countries of the region. A) Yes, the airline currently offers around 260 weekly flights, which places the company as a leader in connectivity between Latin America and Spain.
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