Under The Spanish Sun: The Iberia Fleet In 2023
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- A member of the European airline conglomerate known as IAG - or International Airlines Group - Spanish carrier Iberia has over 80 aircraft in its mainline fleet with more on the way. Established back in 1927, the airline will soon be 100 years old and primarily connects Europe with North America and South America. Today, we examine the carrier’s fleet as it stands in 2023.
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As a Spaniard, I feel really excited about having watched this video. At the beginning of it, I was scared that you wouldn't mention Iberia Express' and Iberia Regional's fleets, as they double Iberia Group's size by adding as twice as many jets to the company. You even mentioned Level! I've never really gotten to understand why they created that brand, even if they've also operated flights which didn't depart nor arrive in Madrid or Barcelona, such as the Bilbao-Vienna route, among others I probably don't know.
When it comes to Iberia's mainline fleet, I wish they had ordered Airbus' A350-1000, as it would be their biggest possible aircraft unless they switched to Boeing's 777-9. But yes, if stayed attached to Airbus, they would've had the biggest aircraft they could have. Having been given the option to rise my feet away from the floor, I would've loved Iberia to have both the 747 and A380, at least a few of them, like Air France, Lufthansa and British Airways did. Anyway, even if I have a bit of a love-hate relationship towards the A350 because it's Airbus' largest plane but a twin-engine rather than a 4-engine plane, I'm happy that Iberia put it in their fleet, as it's both Airbus' and Iberia's flagship.
Another fact I'm happy about is that they've increased the quantity of A350s to be incorporated to their fleet. I had read up on some rumours regarding a hypothetical addition of extra A350s, but certain and official information was just so difficult to find even if it's supposed to be great news. Just think about it, they had 14 A340s, then they decided to switch to 16 A350s, which is, even if slight, an increase. After, they go on and order 4 more aircraft to Airbus and, later on, even bring 2 more from Hainan. So I don't really know why this information is so hard to find. And yes, I've just checked Planespotters.net and seen those 6 A350s, very glad to have seen them.
I wonder how everything will look like if Iberia ends up buying Air Europa's 100%. They've theoretically done it as they've already signed, but competence authorities are yet to permit the purchase or not, and it's said the process could last for longer than a year. Air Europa is supposed to stay with their livery, at least for the beginning. It's intented to bring us more flights to Asia, a point where Iberia has never been strong, even almost unexistent. In some way, I have kind of mixed feelings, as I want Iberia to be a big airline (it's great already, at least regarding its fleet size and aircraft) as it's Spain's flag carrier and what represents us wherever they fly, but I also want to have livery and aircraft diversity.
So, to sum up, I'm really glad you uploaded this video and I've really liked it. It's also really funny that you've titled the video “Under The Spanish Sun”☀️. Thanks for uploading it!
As a Spaniard, I’ve been looking forward for this video
How do you rate the travel experience, Gonzalo?
@@well-blazeredman6187now that’s different. Nowadays it feels like flying on a low cost carrier unfortunately. Like with many other European airlines
Same
Sadly that Is becoming the truth everywhere.
Que viva España joder !!! 🇪🇸
Boeing fan but have to say that the A340 -600 as a cargo plane is a terrific idea. Never flown IB but I remember seeing their DC 8s and DC 10s at SJU back in my childhood days in the early 1970s.
Love seeing an all Airbus fleet!
I git scared at a airbus only fleet
@@Shadow_gaming110 yea, because you are not smart!
my first trip to Europe was with Iberia back in 2010 or so Miami to Mardrid and then a short hop to barcelona. we flew on an A340 and an A320/21 I was on tour with mycollege choir around some of the amazing cities of Spain. We Sang in 6 cities in 6 days . The people of Spain were absolutely lovely, The Flights with Iberia We incredible, if I ever travel to Europe again Iberia will be my first choice!
When I flew to Spain, I was absolutely shocked by the legroom in economy in the A330-300. It was THE WORST I have ever experienced in economy. I am relatively tall at 181 centimeters but the flight was extremely uncomfortable.
Loving these fleet overviews. This one especially since I’m a Spaniard. Nice seeing you mention the smaller, more regionally-oriented branches Iberia Express and Air Nostrum.
Would love to see some Boeing aircraft in the fleet though. The B787 and B777 would be perfect to expand their market to new routes. And personally, I’ve always liked the look and feel of Boeing aircraft better than Airbus’, but man, I must say that those new A350s are on a league of their own, effeciency-wise and range-wise. Can’t wait to get on board one of those.
Edit: I’m seeing Iberia is expected to acquire Air Europa and their Boeing aircraft including the B787 sometime this year, perhaps the next. So excited to see how that turns out!
Flew with Iberia in 2019 from São Paulo to Madrid on the A340-600 and Madrid to Vienna on the A320ceo
I flew Iberia 2 times in the same day. The first leg was from GRX to MAD on the crj1000. Legroom was bad but it was a small plane so I wasn't surprised. I then went on to fly to Dublin from Madrid on the a320 eco. Alright legroom and the flight attendants were fabulous so It was a very nice experience but only really if you are connecting from a regional Spanish flight.
You flew with Air Nostrum from GRX to MAD (CRJ 1000). 🙂Air Nostrum is operating most parts of the Iberia Regional Branch under Iberia Flight Numbers (a small part of it is operated by Mel Air with ATR 72-600) and Air Nostrum´s Aircrafts are painted in the Iberia-Livery, but Air Nostrum isn´t part of Iberia or even the IAG - it´s a seperate Airline and only a Franchise Partner of Iberia, operating a fleet of CRJ 1000, CRJ 200 and ATR 72-600 (and it´s a Sister Airline of the Irish Cityjet, who operates a fleet of CRJ 900). Iberia hasn´t any CRJ in their fleet - as in the Video mentioned their smallest Aircraft Model is the A 319-100.
Absolutely looking forward to this one, long awaited to say the least, keep em coming guys!
I flew Iberia 3 times, twice I 2013 on an A340-600 from London to Madrid, then recently in 2022 on their brand new A350. Some of the most memorable flights ever!
Honestly, IAG is quickly becoming Iberian Airlines Group!
It will probably have to stop when Air Europa is integrated into the group with the brand intact as the EU Commission is likely aware of a lack of separately owned airlines there
not really when you look at the percentage of the fleet/shareholders, especially with BA and Aer Lingus also part of the mix
Icelandair fleet breakdown pls.
All Boeing fleet for now
I really have enjoyed all the fleet overview videos. I am hoping sometime soon my hometown airline FedEx can be done.
Thank you very much for this presentation of Iberia!🙂👍
I got an Air Nostrum flight from Madrid to Frankfurt that also had Iberia tail and signage-which as explained her should be an Express routes (its possible it had the Express name and was simply operated by Air Nostrum). Also getting Iberia back to MAD from NCE was weird because I'm just not used to an airport with a single route from an airline since PHL is a major hub for American (and USAirways before that) and that is the only Iberia route to/from NCE (and had to get there like 3-4hrs early because of the bus schedule-at least security was smooth and it only took 15mins to check and get to the gate-at least their was a cafe on the landside
Parent company IAG did place a firm order for the 737 Max 8 and 10 although unsurprisingly none will go to Iberia even though their MRO branded division does do maintenance of Boeing aircraft for airlines who partner with them
I hope they firm the remaining 100 options
@@mmm0404 Depends if IAG has enough use for them. As far as I understand they will be shared between group members Vueling despite its all Airbus fleet, BA for Gatwick and Level who are about to try again with narrowbodies. It wasn’t mentioned however how many Max 10’s and 8’s were specially ordered within the firm order of 50 or many of each will be shared between the mentioned IAG group members
Rather interesting, seeing Iberia and BA as part of IAG.
Good video
My mum flew with them once in the past and she had a good experience.
AIRBUS ❤
Yes!
I think it would be interesting to know what is gonna happen when the adquisition of Air Europa is finalized. A lot of boeing aircraft will join the airbus fleet.
I’d love it that acquisition meant more flights to Asia
I believe the acquisition will mean that Air Europa will just be part of IAG, brand still retained no?
@@magnustan841 At one point that was the information, but now I don't know anymore.
@@magnustan841 Iberia merger?
Level and Air Europa may be merged.
YES LETS GO IBERIA!!!!!!!!!
Nice
I Love IBeria Airlines I haven't flown on them but I do get there soon in the Future God's Willing Awesome Video!!!!
Im about to flight With iberia express from Frankfurt to Malaga and i want to know more about it so thanx for the video
I think the A350 is the most impressive jet I've flown on. The MEX-MAD route is much nicer as a passenger on the A350. When operating into and out of MEX their A340s seemed to take the entire length of the runway and it was disconcerting to say the least. Specially as they actually had a couple of instances of runway excursion on their A340 at other airports.
I always hated flying on the A340-300... The small engines didn't give me any sense of confidence.
I think Iberia always had better business class seats than Aeromexico, but Aeromexico has a better economy class cabin (and Mexicana did so too), having flown on the A343, A346, A359, B767, B777, and B787 on the MEX-MAD route I must say that the A350 was by far the best.
Best news for avgeeks by far👋
I looked up Aer Lingus' Shannon to Boston route on the flight radar app today and it's a 3 year old A321XLR that's currently used in the route. IAG seems to be a predominantly Airbus customer. It seems that only British Airways has Boeing planes in the group. Would I be correct with this assumption?
*A321lr the A321XLR hasn't been certified yet.
Only BA in the group use Boeing aircraft and just widebodies. When Air Europa is fully integrated into the IAG with the brand intact, they will be the only other airline in the group to use Boeing aircraft (2nd for widebodies after BA and first for narrowbodies until the 737 Max comes to Vueling, BA for Gatwick and Level)
@@heidirabenau511 yes. I put x by accident because he mentioned it in the video.
Iberia seem to have a lot of stiff competition from Latam and Tap Portugal on their South American routes.
In Portugal, there's rumours Iberia might be interested in owning a majority share of Tap Air Portugal once it goes on sale. Putting my patriotism asside, I can see several advantages with this merger, not least the common Airbus fleet and similar markets...
And a disadvantage, an effective monopoly on the Iberian market, if you exclude LCCs.
THey now have some of the noisiest jets operating with those "new" A330-200s wit the same "old" CF6 engines. Should've went for RR Trent 700 at least
Qué viva españa !...
5 foot 3 is equal to 160cm,not 163
seats / service on their planes are subpar.
Have flown these guys a lot since moving to Spain. The A320s are horrific in coach as far as legroom, its as bad as Ryanair. European regional "business" class is really just roomy economy with good food and drinks and if you hit a sale the price is right. Spanish flight attendants have always been good on Iberia for me at least. Madrid Lounges are very nice.
the A330-300 & A330-200 wide body fleet operated by the full service flag carrier needs replacement . . . in favour of 38 - 43 units of brand new A350-900, A350-900 ULR & A350-1000 HGW wide body jets . . . as for it's aging fleet of narrow body jets, the legacy A321-200 & A320-200 needs to go as well . . . make room for a fleet of 56+ brand new A321-200 Neo & A321-200 Neo LR . . . but not the A320-200 Neo . . . premium economy cabin class in A350-900, A350-900 ULR & A350-1000 HGW wide body airliner should be configured in a 2-3-2 (7-abreast) layout instead of the standard 2-4-2 (8-abreast) . . . long haul low cost airline ain't for everyone . . . the key to sustaining businesses with slim profit margin is continuous consolidation of working capital & avoiding, cost surges . . . curtail operational costs as much as possible, by standardizing block payments on immediate debts . . . curtailing immediate operational costs & cutting down on operational costs are two different things altogether . . .
Maybe if Iberia didn't have 68 year old women as flight attendants, especially on long haul flights, they would be able to lift the overhead bins closed.
The maximum age in Iberia to fly for flight attendants is 60 years old. And most of them start leaving at 55 as they have the option to do it. Fly with American and see how old their crew are lol
@@delamanga1986 They look and act like 90 year olds.
Airbus
Having flown them several times over the past few years for business I arrived at one conclusion: not to do it anymore. Uncomfortable, old planes and penny pinching.
Wait iberia is still in buisness?
Too bad he does not pronounce the airline correctly.
Yeah, it's pronounced Eeeeberia not Ayberia