Iberia is the national carrier of Spain. More than one hundred and fifteen cities in forty-six countries of the world are marked on the map of its routes. Today it is one of the largest air carriers in Europe. In addition, since 1999, this organization has been a member of a well-known international alliance that unites such popular airlines around the world as, for example, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Royal Jordanian, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and American Airlines. Together with all these carriers, Iberia flies to more than one hundred and fifty different countries. In 2002, Iberia, an airline that was founded in 1927, officially announced that thanks to such a wide network, the total number of its passengersreached the half-billion mark.
Route network and air fleet
The base air port of this Spanish carrier is located at Madrid Barajas Airport. The modern and very spacious terminal 4, since 2006, has been at the complete disposal of an organization such as Iberia. The airline, together with its partners, has established an extremely convenient system of routes from this airport, which has made its work even more efficient.
On the aircraft of this company, you can easily fly around all of Spain, as well as get to Dusseldorf, Stockholm, Johannesburg, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Chicago, Casablanca, Acapulco, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Kyiv. At the same time, it should be especially noted that flights to the Russian capital are made daily. The representative office of the airline "Iberia" in Moscow is located on the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, as well as at the international airport "Domodedovo".
The company's air fleet as of the end of March 2013 has more than ninety aircraft (short-haul and long-haul). At the same time, the average “age” of Iberia ships (the airline is one of the best in this respect) is eight to nine years. The company currently has Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 in service. As for the staff, today the company employs more than twenty thousand highly qualified specialists. This includes both ground support personnel and crew members, andnumerous office workers.
Basic operating principles
Separately, it should be said about security issues, which the management of the Spanish airline approaches with particular care. All employees take refresher courses every year, and the entire fleet, without exception, is regularly tested for quality and reliability. No less attention is paid to issues of comfort and pricing policy. For example, the Iberia airline, which has only the most positive reviews, regularly holds special promotions for its passengers and offers a high level of service, regardless of flight class. People using the services of this carrier also note punctuality, convenient connections between flights, professionalism of employees and attentiveness of the aircraft crew. The future plans of the Spanish airline include the acquisition of modern Airbus A380s and a significant expansion of the route network. In addition, management plans to unload South American and Latin American destinations.
