In 2025, Iberia has surpassed its previous record for connectivity between Latin America and Europe, scheduling a capacity of more than 5.5 million seats on this air bridge throughout the year, 5% more than the 5.3 million offered in 2024. This figure marks a new historic milestone for the airline.
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This growth will mean that Iberia will operate more than 350 flights across the Atlantic in 2025 to connect Latin America with Europe in a week, surpassing the 330 weekly frequencies achieved in some periods of the previous year.
“We are very proud to present these figures on connectivity between Latin America and Europe, which help us to continue consolidating our strong leadership position between the two regions and to continue positioning ourselves as the preferred option when it comes to crossing this air corridor, especially at a time like the present, as we are about to celebrate 80 years since we became the first airline to make this journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Although our history with Latin America goes back a long way, this record is the result of a reinforcement of our commitment to the region, which we have been promoting for several years,” says Marina Colunga, Iberia’s Commercial Director for Latin America.
This milestone is reflected in significant growth in several of the markets in which Iberia operates in Latin America:
• Peru: where two daily flights have been achieved.
• Chile: will end the year with 12 weekly frequencies.
• Puerto Rico: will have up to 11 flights per week.
• Dominican Republic: will end 2025 and begin 2026 with two flights per day, except for one day of the week.
These capacity increases are in addition to other growth consolidated in the last weeks of last year, such as the increase to three daily flights to Buenos Aires and two daily flights to Sao Paulo.
Similarly, the routes to Mexico City and Bogotá have three daily flights each, while Montevideo, Quito, Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica have one flight per day. Finally, Rio de Janeiro and Caracas have five weekly flights, while Panama City, Havana and Guayaquil have three weekly flights.
On 13th December, Iberia will begin operating its new route to the Brazilian city of Recife, where it will start operations with three weekly flights.