Iberia celebrates the 70th anniversary of its flights from Paris to Madrid

• The airline inaugurated its flights between the French and the Spanish capitals on July 1st, 1949, with a DC4 Skymaster aircraft
• Seven decades later, the Iberia Group offers up to 408 flights every week from 12 airports in France to Madrid, with nearly 2.6 million seats in 2019
• The Spanish carrier is promoting this anniversary with a special campaign to redeem and earn Avios on flights from Paris to Madrid for its Iberia Plus cardholders in France

Today, Iberia is celebrating the 70^th anniversary of its flights to Paris. On July 1^st, 1949, one of the Spanish airline’s DC4 Skymaster, a four-engine aircraft accommodating between 44 and 60 passengers, flew for the first time from Madrid to the French capital. Paris became Iberia’s 5th destination in Europe after Lisbon, London, Rome and Geneva.

Seven decades later, the Iberia’s Group ties with Paris and France are the tightest ever. It operates 106 flights a week between both cities and also flies from Bordeaux, Châlons-Vatry, Lyon, Marseilles, Nantes, Nice, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse to Madrid. France is one of the most important markets for Iberia and the origin or destination of many of the airline’s customers flying from or to the other 32 cities in Spain, seven destinations in Africa or 25 cities in the American continent included in its network.

70^th Anniversary flight offers

To celebrate Iberia’s 70th birthday in France, the Spanish airline is launching a special offer for its Iberia Plus cardholders in France. They can now book its flights from Paris to Madrid until July 7^th for flights from September 15^th to December 1^st, 2019, starting from 3,750 Avios per leg instead of the usual 7,500 Avios needed*.

Customers who buy a flight ticket from Paris to Madrid until July 7^th to fly from September 15^th until December 1^st, 2019 will be able to triple the Avios* they would usually receive for such a flight.

Iberia Plus will also award 500 Avios to those customers in France who become members of Iberia loyalty programme in July.

The airline will also promote this anniversary in its social media channels in Spanish and French.

The Iberia Group currently operates 398 flights from Bordeaux, Châlons-Vatry, Lyon, Marseilles, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse to Madrid. In 2019, it has opened a new route from Châlons-Vatry in the French Champagne to the Spanish capital, but it will also fly from Bastia in Corsica to Madrid in August with five return flights every week. Altogether, it will offer nearly 2.6 million seats in this market, an increase of 9% compared to

2018. Last year, the air group carried 22.35% more passengers between France and Spain than the year before.

Further information and bookings on iberia.com, Iberia’s Call Center and other sales channels.

*Valid for flights booked on iberia.com or through Iberia’s Call Center