Iberia Airlines Iberia Plus - IBERIA W11 Initial Inter-Continental Operation Changes as of 11 JUL 11

From airlineroute (http://airlineroute.net/2011/07/11/ib-w11update1/).



As per 11JUL11 GDS timetable display, IBERIA’s initial Winter 2011/12 Inter-Continental service changes as follows.

The oneWorld member is still in the process of adjusting its schedule, further changes remain possible. For the time being, the carrier is reducing 1-2 weekly frequencies on selected routes to the Americas.

Details:

Madrid – Bogota Reduce from 13 weekly in NW10 to 12 weekly in NW11 (IB6583/6584 operates Day x17 instead of Day x7)
IB6585 MAD1215 – 1535BOG 346 567
IB6585 MAD1220 – 1535BOG 346 x567
IB6583 MAD1340 – 1800BOG 346 x127
IB6583 MAD1525 – 1840BOG 340 2

IB6586 BOG1715 – 1010+1MAD 346 x27
IB6586 BOG1805 – 0955+1MAD 346 27
IB6584 BOG1930 – 1120+1MAD 346 345
IB6584 BOG2020 – 1205+1MAD 346 6
IB6584 BOG2020 – 1315+1MAD 340 2

Madrid – Boston Winter service operates on Day 245, instead of Day 246 in W10
Madrid – Cairo Winter service operates 4 weekly, reduce from 6 in W10
IB3734 MAD1650 – 2230CAI 319 x135
IB3735 CAI2340 – 0345+1MAD 319 x135

Madrid – Lima Service reduce from 11-12 weekly in NW10 to 10 weekly in NW11
IB6659 MAD0115 – 0720LIM 340 16
IB6659 MAD0210 – 0705LIM 340 3
IB6651 MAD1245 – 1850LIM 346 D

IB6658 LIM1340 – 0710+1MAD 340 136
IB6650 LIM2055 – 1425+1MAD 346 D

Madrid – Los Angeles Winter service operates 3 weekly
IB6171 MAD1235 – 1615LAX 340 135
IB6170 LAX1755 – 1415+1MAD 340 135

Madrid – Luanda 2 weekly service with Airbus A340, to be launched from 30SEP11
Madrid – Marrakech Winter service operates Daily CRJ900 service, increase from 3 weekly in W10
Madrid – Mexico City Service operates 12 weekly for entire Winter season. (Peak season in W10 operates 14 weekly)
Madrid – Miami Increase from Daily to 8 weekly (reported on 24JUN11)
Madrid – Montevideo Service operates 5 weekly for entire Northern Winter season. (Peak season in NW10 operates 6 weekly)
Madrid – New York JFK Winter service operates 11 weekly, reduced from 12 weekly in NW10
IB6251/6250 Day x45
IB6253/6252 Day x3

Madrid – Oran 3rd weekly service on Sundays, to be introduced from 01SEP11, is maintained in Winter season
IB3766 MAD1210 – 1340ORN 319 1
IB3766 MAD1415 – 1545ORN 319 47

IB3767 ORN1430 – 1600MAD 319 1
IB3767 ORN1635 – 1805MAD 319 47

Madrid – Rio de Janeiro NW11 season operates 6 weekly (Day x1), reduced from Daily in NW10
Madrid – Sao Paulo Reduce from 14 to 13 weekly, IB6821/6820 on Day 2 Cancelled
Madrid – Tangier Winter season operates Daily CRJ900 service, increase from 4 weekly CRJ200 in W10
Barcelona – Miami Winter service continues 3 weekly flights with A340
Barcelona – Sao Paulo Northern Winter service continues 2 weekly flights with A340

Thanks for the update, potakas!

From Iberia.com (http://grupo.iberia.es/portal/site/grupoiberia/menuitem.0ffaf48bc2c1f79bf75771fbf34e51ca/?ib_contentId=f97c814c65f12310VgnVCM1000005ffe15ac RCRD)

Iberia has increased its presence in Africa with two new routes in 2011. The first was Madrid-Rabat, launched on July 1, and the second will be Madrid-Luanda, starting on October 28.

Madrid, August 30, 2011

Africa has become one of Iberia's key objectives, and in 2011 the Spanish airline is launching two new routes to the continent
–Madrid-Rabat and Madrid-Luanda– for a total of twelve cites, including Algiers, Oran, Cairo, Malabo, Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangier, Rabat, Lagos, Dakar, Johannesburg, and Luanda.
Each week the Iberia Group directly operates a total of 122 flights between Africa and Spain. Under code sharing agreements with other airlines, it reaches another 13 African cities.
Iberia plans to open up new routes and to increase its services to existing destinations, such as Malabo, in Equatorial Guinea, and Oran, in Algeria.

Iberia in Morocco and Angola

Iberia now serves all of Morocco's four largest cities: Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangier, and, since July 1, the capital Rabat, with return flights from Madrid on Mondays and Fridays. It operates a total of up to 66 flights per week between Spain and Morocco. In 2010 Iberia carried nearly 222,000 people on its Spain-Morocco routes, and this year is offering a total of some 295,000 seats. The Madrid-Rabat connection is amply justified by the growing trade between the two countries which face each other across the Mediterranean.

Thanks to raw materials extraction, and especially petroleum, of which production now outstrips that of Nigeria, the Angolan economy is growing at a fast pace and new infrastructures are being built. The Madrid-Luanda service beginning on October 28 will offer the first non-stop flights between Spain and the former Portuguese colony.

Airbus A340/300s will be used for the Luanda flight, scheduled to facilitate connections with Iberia's almost 100 destinations in Europe and the Americas. Iberia expects to carry some 3,000 people each month on this route, of whom some 70% will originate in other European countries and other Spanish cities.

More flights to Malabo and Oran

As of the end of August, Iberia will add a sixth weekly return flights between Madrid and Malabo. The Tuesday flight will increase weekly seat supply to the capital of Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea by 220. Last year Iberia carried some 41,200 passengers on this route, an increase of 7.7% from 2009. Nearly 50% of them flew on to other destinations, including São Paulo, Barcelona, Cairo, Lisbon, and Valencia.

September 16 will mark the first anniversary of Iberia's service between Madrid and Oran, in Algeria. The company now plans to increase the number or weekly flight between the two cities from two to three. Iberia now operates a total of 122 flight per week to and from African cities.

As per 09SEP11 GDS inventory display, IBERIA from 02NOV11 is cancelling service to Fortaleza and Recife service, which the airline currently operates 3 times a week with Airbus A340-300.

Reservation for this route (Madrid – Fortaleza – Recife – Madrid), which was launched in February 2011, is now closed.

I think WAW is also gone (OK - I know it is short-haul, but I do not see any thread for short-haul).