Iberia today is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first commercial flight from Madrid to Munich and Vienna. On 1 April 1969 the first flight, in a DC9 that could carry 102 to 110 passengers, took off from Madrid at 08:00 h. and reached Vienna at 13:15 h., after stops in Barcelona and Munich. The return flight left Vienna at 14:00 h. and landed at Madrid at 19:05 h. Flights were scheduled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.and will promote these destinations through its social media channel.
A half-century later, Iberia operates three daily non-stop flights from Madrid to Munich and to Vienna, using A320 family aircraft, carrying between 141 and 200 passengers distributed in Business and Economy cabins. The Munich flight takes a little more than two-and-a-half hours, and the Vienna flight a little more than three hours..jpg)
The flights are scheduled to make connections easy from Iberia's other 24 destinations in Spain, while making it easier for customers from Munich and Vienna to travel to the other 67 cities in Spain, Portugal, Africa, the United States and Latin America through Terminal 4 at Madrid airport.
Return Flights from 25€
To mark this 50th anniversary of the launch of its Munich and Vienna routes, Iberia will auction tonight return flights on the subastas.iberia.com from Madrid to both cities with bids starting at 25 euros. Bids will be accepted during 48 hours after auction starts.
In addition, Iberia is promoting both destination on its MeGustaVolar blog, and by recommending vocabulary to use in Munich on its Instagram Stories site.
Munich is one of six Iberia destinations in Germany. In 2019, more than 329,000 seats are being offered on the route between Madrid and the Bavarian capital, an increase of some 5.2% from last year.
Vienna remains Iberia's touchstone in central Europe, where it also flies to Prague and Budapest. 339,000 seats will be available on Iberia’s flights on the Madrid-Vienna route this year, a 10% increase over 2018.
