Today an extraordinary Iberia board meeting has decided to maintain Spanair JK on the Star Alliance Alliance , once the adquision of Spanair is finished.
Source:
http://www.sepla.es/news/archives/012416.php
Last week IB CEO Conte , on the Oneworld meeting in Los Angeles , sugested that Spanair will be moved to Oneworld once reestructured .
That very same day IB deputy CEO Blesa , and Caja Madrid's CEO , warned British Airways that if the talk between IB-BA didn't ended succesfully before the end of June , Iberia will pick-up the phone to Lufthansa .
Source:
"Caja Madrid espera un acuerdo con British antes de junio o se echará en brazos de Lufthansa"
"Caja Madrid expect an agreement with British Airways before June , or will tie-up with Lufthansa"
http://www.elmundo.es/mundodinero/20...206531289.html
LH CEO responded he was waiting for the call .
The decision of Iberia's board today clarify more the situation .
I expect Iberia to announce it's move to Star Alliance withing weeks .
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Other Iberia news:
2007 Short/Medium haul Departure Punctuality
AF... 81.5
IB... 81.3
KL... 80.5
LH... 80.2
BA... 67.5
Source: Association of European Airlines , Consumer Report 2007
http://files.aea.be/News/PR/Pr08-006.pdf , Page 5
But more importantly is the "FLIGHT REGULARITY" percentage , that's the percentage of scheduled flights that are ACTUALLY operated , and not cancelled for any reason.
Short/Medium Haul FLIGHT REGULARITY in %
LH... 98.9 %
IB... 98.8 %
KL... 98.5 %
AF... 98.1 %
BA... 98.0 %
Long Haul FLIGHT REGULARITY in %
LH...100.0 %
IB... 99.6 %
KL... 99.4%
BA... 99.4 %
AF... 99.2 %
Notice that a very small decimal variation means LOTS of flights cancelled .
Baggages delayed per 1.000 PAX
BA... 26.5
KL... 19.7
AF... 17.6
LH... 15.8
IB... 13.8
Source :
http://files.aea.be/News/PR/Pr08-006.pdf Page 4
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Iberia to raise luggage allowance and cut excess weight charges
From 20 to 23 kg. in Spain and Europe, and to 46 kg. (two pieces of 23 kg. each) in Tourist Class on overseas flights (the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East).
50% average reduction in excess weight charges, and extra 30% discount when paid in advance via www. iberia.com.
http://www.elmundo.es/mundodinero/20...208513775.html
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"Iberia could hire 300 pilots as part of new summer deal with Sepla"
"...it could hire up to 300 more pilots to boost growth on its long-haul flights to the Americas ..."
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited...fx4911372.html
http://www.expansion.com/edicion/exp...o/1114051.html
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Iberia suffer a 24% PAX reduction between Madrid and Barcelan in March due to the new High-Speed train link AVE .
http://www.bolsamania.com/actualidad...rhh3jjvso7vdg5
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Vueling and Clickair will merger before the summer , according to new Vueling CEO .
Iberia says it will remain the reference shareholder but will not seek the "control" of the new airline .
The resulting airline will be the 4th largest Low-cost airline in Europe.
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Iberia has started the construction of a new maintenance facility in Barcelona airport .
Render photos from iberia.com :
http://grupo.iberia.es/content/Grupo...o%20tierra.jpg
Iberia just today has revealed that the new "Director Plan" envision the opening of up to 10 long-haul routes , including codeshares , from BCN in the following 3 years , and for that purpose the new maintenance faciity was crucial .
The new hangar will be equipped to conduct all types of inspections, repairs, and special tasks for the nearly 80 companies using the airport. The hangar is expected to specialise in “C-type” inspections of Airbus A-320s and A-340s
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