Iberia adds to Panama flightsWednesday, April 16, 2008 Spanish airline Iberia has added a fourth weekly flight to its Madrid-Panama City schedule. The new flight will increase the capacity on the route by 14,000 passengers or 27 percent. The Madrid-Panama City route includes a stopover in Guatemala City. Iberia Flights to El SalvadorMonday, October 4, 2010 With four weekly flights, the Spanish airline started last weekend flights to El Salvador. The flights will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Iberia Adds Central America-Madrid FlightsWednesday, October 15, 2008 The Spanish airline will operate a fifth weekly flight to Guatemala and Panama on Sundays. The fourth frequency was added only last May, which indicates the success of this route. Iberia Direct Flight to PanamaFriday, October 1, 2010 With a 96% occupancy rate, the airline launched today, October 1st, its direct flight to Panama. With the non-stop flight Madrid to Panama City, the company reduces flight duration by more than 4 hours and increased offer to Panama in about 55%. Madrid - San Salvador Fly FlightWednesday, August 29, 2018 As of October 1, the airline Iberia could start operating a daily frequency between the Spanish capital and San Salvador. Without providing details about the schedules of the new frequencies, the airline stated that the flights will probably start operating on the first day of October, and the route will be covered with the new Airbus A330-200, with capacity for 288 passengers. Iberia Will Operate New Flight to HondurasTuesday, September 21, 2010 From October 2 onwards, the airline will link San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa and Madrid via El Salvador. Iberia will operate four weekly frequencies, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Iberia to Have More Stops to GuatemalaMonday, June 8, 2009 Starting on July 2, the company will increase by five the number of flights between the City of Guatemala and Madrid, via Panama. In addition to the current schedule of Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sunday will be added. Iberia steps up links with GuatemalaTuesday, April 8, 2008 Spanish airline Iberia has added a fourth weekly direct flight from Spain to Guatemala, the company reported. Nearly 54,000 passengers were carried on the Spain-Guatemala flights last year, an increase of 20% on 2006. El Salvador seeks Iberia flightsWednesday, January 28, 2009 Ruben Rochi, Tourism Minister, will meet with the president of Iberia, Fernando Coto, to discuss the Madrid-El Salvador flight again. Elsalvador.com reports: "We will insist that the issue of the Madrid flight was a project that we had secured in April of last year and that we were going to begin with three weekly flights, but when oil prices shot up, they said that they were going to have to suspend all route expansions and they put us on pause," said Rochi." Central America promoted in EuropeFriday, October 17, 2008 Iberia airlines and the Central American Tourism Agency have signed an agreement to promote Central America in Europe. Based on the agreement, the airline's logo will now appear next to the Central American Tourism Agency (CATA) on promotional materials for the European Market and at International tourism fairs where CATA will promote the regional as a mulitple destination. Start of Madrid - Managua Flights SuspendedWednesday, August 15, 2018 Due to lack of demand, the airline Iberia has decided to postpone the start of the direct air flight between the Spanish capital and Managua, which was scheduled to start in October of this year. The airline said that "... it will maintain connections with the Nicaraguan capital via other airports, but it is suspending the direct route because the levels of demand necessary to make it effective have not been reached." New Flight Between Madrid and Guatemala CityWednesday, November 8, 2017 Iberia has announced that as of October 2018 a daily flight between Guatemala and the capital of Spain will start operating. These air connections will be direct from Madrid and will have a flight time of 11.15 hours, the company announced today in a statement. Coronavirus and Tourism in Central AmericaFriday, March 13, 2020 Some of the most notable effects caused by the spread of covid-19 is the cancellation of at least 8,000 hotel nights in Costa Rica, and the interruption by Iberia of its flights from Madrid to Guatemala and San Salvador. Businessmen in the region agree that due to the virus that has been spreading from China, supply chains have been interrupted, which is combined with a drop in the transit of people, causing losses to the tourism sector. Panama Continues to Grow as an Air HubMonday, May 25, 2015 The airline Iberia has announced that it will establish its headquarters for Central America in Panama City. The Spanish airline said that it will establish its territorial delegation in Panama, from where it will manage sales in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Madrid Air Route the Fastest Growing in PanamaTuesday, November 22, 2011 Of the destinations operated by Spanish airline Iberia, the one reporting the highest growth (44%) is Madrid - Panama City. According to information from the airline, between January and October a total of 75,000 passengers were transported on direct flights from Barajas airport in Madrid to Tocumen in Panama City . |
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