Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España

Welcome to another review with the the A350 this time with the Iberian livery.

Iberia legally incorporated as Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal, is the flag carrier of Spain. Founded in 1927 and based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main base of Madrid–Barajas Airport. Iberia, with Iberia Regional (operated by an independent carrier Air Nostrum) and with Iberia Express, is a part of International Airlines Group. In addition to transporting passengers and freight, Iberia Group carries out related activities, such as aircraft maintenance, handling in airports, IT systems and in-flight catering. Iberia Group airlines fly to over 109 destinations in 39 countries, and a further 90 destinations through code-sharing agreements with other airlines.

On 8 April 2010, it was confirmed that British Airwaysand Iberia had signed an agreement to merge, making the combined operation the third largest commercial airline in the world by revenue. Shareholders of both carriers approved the deal on 29 November 2010. The newly merged company, known as International Airlines Group (IAG), was established in January 2011, although both airlines continue to operate under their respective brands.

Flight Info

Aircraft: A350-900
Flight time: 10hr 31min
Route: KDFW - LEMD
(Grapevine - Madrid)
Server: Expert

Starting off at Grapevine.

Oh look a rare aircraft spotted. It’s not every day you see a DC-10?, maybe the L10-11? cant really distinguish them from each other.

Another long line to wait at as it always is at a busy airport.

Thank you to the two giant of the sky’s for letting me go first. Very kind of them.

A steep departure once again.

And after 10hrs in the sky we are on the descend into Madrid.

Smooth approach.

Overshot the touch down zone by quite a bit, but atleast the landing was smooth.

Exiting the runway.

Pulling into the gate.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Does the A350 handle well? I want to fly it at some point in time as a rental plane.

It does. It’s super easy and very stable when hand flying.

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Beautiful plane perfectly complimented by some amazing shots. Well done!