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The disruptive Airbus A321XLR will make its official debut in South America With the new routes of Iberia toward Fortaleza and Recife on Brazil.
Iberia will increase its network of destinations in the next winter season by incorporating three new long-haul destinations.
The first of them will be Orlando, in United States, that will be released on 26 October with four flights a week operated by A330 aircraft, with capacity for 254 people. A) Yes, In the winter season the airline will offer more than 46 000 seating.
Iberia will debut the A321XLR in South America and fly to Orlando
Orlando It is one of the main tourist destinations in USA And it serves as entrance door to Florida Central, which has world famous theme parks. It is also home to Port Canaveral, where the space industry stands out; And the Orange County Convention Center, Cozy exhibition center, international conferences and meetings, among others.
The new route to Orlando will work as follows:
- Flight IB339: Madrid – Orlando
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday, friday and sunday.
- Departure time: 11:30h
- Check In: 16:45h
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday, friday and sunday.
- Flight IB340: Orlando – Madrid
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday, friday and sunday.
- Departure time: 18:20
- Check In: 7:55
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday, friday and sunday.
However, The great bet of Iberia for next season it will be Brazil, where two new destinations will debut, that will be added to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, to those he currently offers 14 and five weekly frequencies, respectively.
The 13 from December to 2025 the airline will launch flights to Recife, with three frequencies a week, which starting in February will increase to five. AND, the 19 of January of 2026, Iberia will start flights to Fortaleza, initially with three weekly frequencies and, As of February, they will go up to four.
Both destinations will be operated by aircraft A321XLR, the newest model on the market, of which Iberia was the global launch airline in November 2024. These are narrow fuselage aircraft (narrow body) that have an autonomy of up to 7500 kilometers in the Iberia configuration. What's more, It is one of the most efficient airplanes on the market, with fuel savings of more than 40% compared to widebody models (wide-body). The A321XLR maintains the high comfort standards characteristic of other long-haul aircraft in the Iberia fleet such as the A350. It is equipped with the new Airspace cabin and has two classes, Business and Tourist, with a total of 182 seating.
These two routes will operate as follows::
- Flight IB139: Madrid – Recife
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Departure time: 12:45h
- Check In: 17:45h
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Flight IB140: Recife – Madrid
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Departure time: 19:15h
- Check In: 07:15h
- Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Flight IB149: Madrid – Fortaleza
- Days of operation: Monday, thursday and saturday.
- Departure time: 12:40h
- Check In: 17:30h
- Flight IB150: Fortaleza – Madrid
- Days of operation: Monday, thursday and saturday.
- Departure time: 19:00h
- Check In: 06:45h
More flights to Chile, Peru and Dominican Republic
On the other hand, too Iberia announced that it will fly more to these three countries.
Specific, Santiago de Chile will have two more frequencies than in 2024, reaching the 12 weekly flights, which means more than 176.000 seating, a 20% more than the previous year.
Lima will go from 13 a 14 weekly frequencies, that is to say, to double daily flight, allowing each day to travel between Spain and Peru near 1360 people.
Santo Domingo It will also have more flights than last winter, reaching a few months until 13 weekly frequencies. Total, throughout the season, Iberia will go on sale around 142.000 seating.
On the other hand, during the next winter season 2025/26, Iberia will increase service between Madrid and San Juan until 11 weekly frequencies. This increase marks a new phase in the airline's operations in Puerto Rico, since it is the first time that this number of frequencies has been reached on the international route.
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