Iberia to resume Jo’burg-Madrid flights

IBERIA will resume flights
between Johannesburg and
Madrid in August.
Flight IB6050 will depart
Johannesburg at 20h15
on Tuesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays to arrive in Madrid
at 06h35 the next day.
Return flight IB6051 will
depart Madrid at 23h45
on Mondays, Thursdays
and Fridays to arrive in
Johannesburg at 10h10 next
day. The route will
be operated by an A330-300.
To celebrate its resumption
of services to SA, the airline
has launched a special
return fare to Madrid starting
at R6 910 (including taxes
and surcharges). Flights
can now be booked in travel
agencies and its website was
activated on December 16
in SA.
“When we stopped flying
to Johannesburg we said
we would resume our
flights on this route as
soon as possible,” said
Iberia’s chairman and ceo,
Luis Gallego. “Now we’ve
come back to stay, with a
new brand image and new,
more fuel-efficient aircraft,
with new cabins and much
improved customer service.”
Iberia also flies to Spain
from Luanda, Algiers, Oran,
Accra, Malabo, Casablanca,
Marrakech, Tangier, Lagos,
and Dakar.