Iberia (airline) facts for kids

Iberia aeroplanes at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Iberia (Spanish: Iberia Líneas Aéreas) is the biggest airline in Spain. It is based in the Spanish capital city Madrid. It also operates many flights from Barcelona. Iberia also operates a smaller airline called Air Nostrum. That airline operates very short, so called 'regional' flights using the Iberia logo and colour scheme. It is also a member of Oneworld airline alliance.

Fleet

Iberia has a fairly large fleet, all of which are Airbus planes:

24x Airbus A319-100
43x Airbus A320-200
19x Airbus A321-200
20x Airbus A340-300
13x Airbus A340-600

Destinations

Iberia flies to 46 countries in 5 continents. Most of their flights though are either to Europe or Spanish speaking countries in South America.

Images for kids

King Alfonso XIII of Spain disembarks from the Rohrbach Ro.VIII Roland used for the inaugural flight of Iberia from Madrid to Barcelona in 1927.
King Alfonso XIII inspects one of the airline's Junkers G 24s
Crew of the inaugural Iberia service to Buenos Aires in 1946 with the Douglas DC-4 used for the flight
Iberia Douglas DC-8-52 at Stockholm in 1969
Iberia Sud Aviation Caravelle at London - Gatwick in 1973
Boeing 727-200 on approach to land at London - Heathrow in 1978
Boeing 747-300 about to touch down at Miami in 1985
Iberia Airbus A330 fly with Patrulla Águila in the 75th aniversary of the Spanish Air Force
Iberia Airbus A321-200
Iberia Airbus A330-300
Iberia Airbus A340-600 with the old livery
Iberia Airbus A319 with retro livery
Former Iberia McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Former Iberia Boeing 747-400
Former Iberia Boeing 757-200
Iberia Business Plus class on board an Airbus A330-300
Iberia Economy class on board an Airbus A319