Today, the 28th of June 2017 marks the 90th anniversary of Iberia! Iberia was founded on the 28 of June, 1927 and has since merged into the International Airlines Group in 2010. Iberia now has an impressive 79 aircraft and 89 destinations, and operates the newly founded budget airline Level.
“The launch of Iberia’s first flight, patronized by King Alfonso XIII, on the Madrid-Barcelona route out of Madrid’s Carabanchel Alto Aerodrome. This flight, along with another that simultaneously departed from Barcelona to Madrid, was Iberia’s first foray into commercial aviation.”
A celebratory air exhibition was held at Cuatro Vientos yesterday using an A330-300 and multiple Eagle Patrol aircraft.
Iberia and British airways used to be better airlines. The IAG group is making all the airlines low cost near enough and Iberia is also one who has fallen victim to that.
Iberia has more than 40 years of service to Panama (since 1971). They started the route MAD-PTY-GUA-MAD with the DC-8, now they operate to both cities by separate. Is now usual to see the A330 and A340 in Tocumen in the afternoon.
They sound like an amazing airline, and I didn’t realise how much they contributed to aviation. Here’s another piece of history, they even had a great looking livery 48 or so years ago:
