Iberia to add Latin American flights, more A350 routes

Iberia is boosting services from its Madrid Barajas hub to Latin America, and introducing additional Airbus A350 XWB routes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (Argentina) and Chicago O’Hare in 2019. The carrier will increase capacity between Madrid and Montevideo (Uruguay) from 5X-weekly to daily; to Quito (Ecuador) from 6X-weekly to daily; and to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from 5X-weekly to daily services, starting July 2019. Madrid-Lima (Peru) services will increase to 10X-weekly in July and Aug 2019. In 2019, Iberia will take delivery of 3 additional Airbus A350-900s, which will enable the airline to operate type on its strategic Madrid-Buenos Aires route from February onward on 1 of 2 daily flights. Buenos Aires is a key market for Iberia, which will add frequencies, up to 17X-weekly, in 2019. <br/>