Iberia posts profit new routes and new aircraft
Sep 23, 2015, 1:05 pm
#17
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Iberia Express to launch MAD-BHX
On the shorthaul side, I2 is launching MAD-BHX, starting March 2016: http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ingham-service
Originally Posted by BusinessTraveller.com
Iberia Express will launch a four-times weekly service between Madrid and Birmingham next summer.
From March 27, the carrier will roster an A320 on to the route, which will fly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
From March 27, the carrier will roster an A320 on to the route, which will fly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Sep 24, 2015, 7:13 am
#18
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On the shorthaul side, I2 is launching MAD-BHX, starting March 2016: http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ingham-service
Sep 24, 2015, 7:57 am
#19
Join Date: May 2013
Location: MAD
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I have to say, I've not been too impressed with I2. Their website is so bad that Iberia should be ashamed. And of the last 3 flights I've had with them, a bus was used instead of an air bridge. Every other budget airline at Madrid Barjas, Easyjet, RyanAir, Transavia, Vueling, uses an air bridge, but not I2, in my experience. It might sound like a minor gripe, but at the end of a long day, I don't want to have to wait for other passengers to wonder down the steps and get on the bus.
As far as busing, I haven't flow them in the last few months but I've always had a bridge but busing happens everywhere. My most annoying busing experience was on a late DY flight from LGW where I was happy to be in row 1 and ended up at the end of the immigration line so it happens at T1, too.
Really, I honestly find it to be pretty much exactly the same from the customer side* except for the lack of legroom.
*in MAD, it does have a very LCC feel at the outstations
Sep 25, 2015, 12:17 am
#20
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Location: London UK
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Nov 17, 2015, 5:55 pm
#22
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Dec 15, 2015, 3:34 pm
#24
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I don't think it has been mentioned in this subforum, but MAD-JNB resumes on August 16 (leaving MAD on Monday, Thursday and Friday). It was announced a few days ago.
Dec 16, 2015, 1:10 am
#25
Join Date: May 2013
Location: MAD
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Jan 18, 2016, 5:22 am
#28
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This is wonderful. I was hoping to go to Japan this year and now just need to wait for the 50% avios discount for the credit card.
Jan 18, 2016, 7:20 am
#29
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An additional analysis that I really think the timing of this announcement is linked with the LATAM JV announcement. I know they have been working on it for awhile but there is a not insignificant Japanese population in Brazil and Peru specifically.
Jan 18, 2016, 7:52 am
#30
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What do we think the odds are of IB joining the BA/AY/JL trans-Siberian joint business now that they'll be flying to NRT? Is there anything that prevents them from joining almost instantly, such as needing to operate the route for a while first?