Iberia launches major route expansion, will offer record capacity in 2025

Iberia, Spain’s national carrier and member of the International Airline Group (IAG), has announced a major round of expansion for the northern summer 2025 IATA scheduling season which kicks off on March 30, 2025. The growth plans will see the carrier expand its global operations, with routes to the Americas, in particular, seeing the most rapid expansion. In terms of routes between Europe and South America, a market in which the Spanish airline is the clear market leader with the largest range of destinations of any international carrier, connectivity will be at its highest-ever level in 2025, with 3.2m seats between the two regions, a figure that represents an increase of 4% over 2024. This equates to over 300 flights per week where the airline will serve 18 destinations across 16 countries. The cities of Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo will see the largest increase in weekly frequencies where Iberia will add three flights per week in both cases. Buenos Aires will have 21 weekly frequencies this season, while Sao Paulo will increase to 14 weekly frequencies, consolidating the carrier’s two daily flights. Lima in Peru will benefit from an additional frequency seeing the flights increase to double daily from May 2025.<br/>