The cargo Division of International Airlines Group (IAG) is increasing capability on several vital routes this summer. The extra space is available in time for the summer season, and it primarily focuses on routes from IAG Cargo’s European hubs to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Customers can ship freight on over 400 widebody weekly services between the regions utilizing the cargo area of repeatedly scheduled flights on its sister airlines, including British Airway, Iberia, and Aer Lingus. Several routes will increase, equivalent to a further 4 weekly services between Madrid and Bogota, while other routes are recent or resumptions of previously operated links.
A lift for Latin America and Caribbean destinations.
IAG Cargo’s network now features 33 destinations across Latin America and the Caribbean, up from just 25 in 2019. The extra capability comes primarily from its hubs at London Heathrow, Madrid-Barajas Airport, and Barcelona-El Prat Airport. Cargo is flown each on dedicated flights and within the belly of repeatedly scheduled industrial passenger flights.
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These routes facilitate the transportation of perishables and popular foods grown locally, including flowers, papayas, mangos, and stone fruits, along with pharmaceuticals and automotive parts. Rodrigo Casal, Regional Industrial Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean at IAG Cargo, highlighted the worldwide reach of the organization:
Photo: Iberia
IAG Cargo customers will profit from more transatlantic capability because the group ramps up flights to several key destinations. Iberia is increasing flights from Madrid to Bogota El Dorado International Airport and Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport this yr. The Spanish flag carrier will operate 18 weekly flights to Bogata (Latin America’s second-busiest airport) with an Airbus A350-900, which may carry 25 tonnes. 4 more flights are being added to Lima, increasing the offering to 11 weekly.
Panama will even be more accessible for shipments this summer, with five to seven weekly connections throughout the summer. The flights will increase to each day from November onwards for the winter season. British Airways flights will even transfer goods from London to Mexico City. The route is operated with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which holds as much as 11 tonnes of cargo.
Flights between Barcelona and Chile’s Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport are also restarting with an Airbus A330 operated by Iberia for LEVEL.
Within the Caribbean, the group will increase services between Madrid and Havana’s José Martí International Airport to 5 per week and Puerto Rico to 6 per week from August. British Airways’ Boeing 777 service between London and Bermuda has also increased to a each day service for the summer.
