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 A330-300
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.
Crew of the inaugural Iberia service to Buenos Aires in 1946 with the Douglas DC-4 used for the flight.
Iberia Sud Aviation Caravelle at London – Gatwick in 1973.
Boeing 747-300 about to touch down at Miami in 2005.
Head office
Announcement of the listing of Iberia in the Madrid Stock Exchange, 2001
An Iberia Airbus A320neo
An Iberia Airbus A350-900
A former Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Iberia Business Plus class on board an Airbus A330-300