The Spanish IAG group member Iberia assumes that in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule flight operations will be ramped up again to the level that was before the corona pandemic. They want to increase the offer in domestic traffic within Spain.

With Rio de Janeiro and Caracas, the last two long-haul destinations that have not yet been reactivated are to be resumed. Both routes are to be served three times a week from November 2022. Increases are planned in the direction of Havana, El Salvador, Quito and Guayaquil, among others.

On long-haul routes, Mexico will be the most frequent destination in winter 2022/23. The flights to Bogotá and Buenos Aires will be served twice a day in the forthcoming season, but will be combined. Daily destinations include Santiago de Chile, Lima and Sao Paulo. San José is to be increased to seven weekly rotations. Montevideo and Panama will have six weekly flights and Puerto Rico will have four flights throughout the winter.

In the US, the main novelty is the extension of the operation with Dallas, which Iberia originally launched for this summer and until October 29, 2022. On this route, Iberia has introduced Airbus A330 operations, allowing its customers to enjoy all the products: Business cabin, Premium Economy and Economy. In addition, Iberia is growing in several destinations in the US compared to last winter, when restrictions on travel from Europe were only lifted last November. In Miami it will go from 10 to 14 weekly frequencies - two daily flights - and in New York from 10 to 13 weekly frequencies, which will already reach 14 in March.

Capacity on short and medium-haul routes higher than in winter 2019/20

In the short and medium-haul network, the Iberia Group will provide even more capacity than in winter 2019. In Europe, Iberia is focused on Italy, where it will grow with seven frequencies in Milan (from 28 to 35 weekly flights) and Rome with four more frequencies and 37 weekly flights. In both destinations there will be an average of five daily flights in each direction.

In Portugal, Iberia is expanding up to 40 weekly flights (up to six daily flights) from Lisbon and will operate its route to Funchal with three weekly frequencies throughout the winter.

Geneva, Brussels and Bordeaux are other corporate routes where Iberia will increase its capacity. In Geneva it will reach 34 weekly frequencies (up to five daily flights), in Brussels it will increase its offer up to three daily frequencies and in Bordeaux Iberia Regional / Air Nostrum will also increase its offer up to three daily frequencies.

In Spain, Iberia, Iberia Express and Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum will operate a flight program focused on business, the Balearic and Canary Islands. Iberia is recovering in the winter season and all its pre-pandemic operations on the Madrid-Barcelona Air Shuttle with 87 weekly frequencies and up to 15 daily flights in each direction. And Iberia is also growing in Bilbao with up to six daily flights; in La Coruña, Asturias and Vigo, where they will offer up to four daily flights; and Santiago, Santander and San Sebastián, with already three daily flights.

For its part, Iberia Expres will increase its capacity in the Balearic Islands by around 2019% compared to the same period in 20-49, with a particularly significant growth on the Madrid-Ibiza route. On the Canary Islands it has planned around 28% more capacity, especially on Tenerife, Lanzarote and La Palma and over a million seats. Iberia Express will also increase its flight schedule to other national destinations such as Malaga and Seville, as well as international destinations such as Copenhagen, Dublin, Berlin and Lyon.