Iberia llega al centenario: más aviones, apuesta por América Latina y nueva fundación
La aerolínea cumple 100 años en 2027 lo celebrará con actos en la Bolsa de Madrid, Fitur y su sede. La filial de IAG afronta el aniversario como uno de los grupos más rentables en plena crisis por el combustible, y se marca como objetivo llegar en 2030 a 59 aviones en el largo radio, ocho más que ahora. Leer
Iberia marks its centenary with more planes, commitment to Latin America, and new foundation. On December 14, 1927, the first commercial flight of Iberia took place between Madrid and Barcelona, presided over by Alfonso XIII. A year earlier, the company's constitution was signed, connecting the peninsula, the Canaries, and some African cities.
From those three Rohrbach Roland aircraft, today the group operates 167 aircraft in total. The star of the fleet is the A350, with two engines, 348 seats, and a range of 12,300 kilometers. Iberia's first transatlantic flight, Madrid-Buenos Aires, began operations in 1946 with stops in Villa Cisneros, Natal, and Rio de Janeiro, employing the first cabin stewards.
The airline has expanded across 50 countries and considers itself the main air link between Europe and Latin America, challenging competitors such as Air Europa, TAP, and Latam. Iberia recently unveiled its centenary celebration program in Madrid, which will take place next year and will serve to commemorate the past while focusing on the future in a competitive and complex context.
The main institutional event will take place at La Muñaza's hangars, next to Barajas, where the company maintains its aircraft, and where they plan to build the Ciudad Iberia, worth 600 million euros.
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