Summary
- Iberia is joining British Airways and Qatar Airways in a joint partnership, offering increased worldwide connectivity through Doha, London, and Madrid.
- Iberia will operate every day flights between Madrid and Doha, allowing frequent flyers to gather Avios points on routes to over 200 destinations with the three airlines.
- Passengers could have access to greater than 200 destinations through the partnership. They’ll use a single ticket to make the most of premium products like Qatar Airways’ QSuite, Iberia’s business class, and British Airways’ Club Suite.
Iberia will join British Airways and Qatar Airways in a big joint partnership. The oneworld partners will offer increased worldwide connectivity via Doha, London, and Madrid.
From December eleventh, Iberia will operate every day flights between Madrid and Doha to spice up capability between the oneworld hubs. Frequent flyers will find a way to gather Avios points on routes to over 200 destinations between the three global airlines.
Thrice as nice
Spanish flag carrier Iberia will add a brand new every day service from its hub at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport to Qatar to construct on its joint partnership with fellow oneworld carriers Qatar Airways and British Airways. The Qatari and British flag carriers have already got a big joint partnership and use Avios as their frequent flyer mile currency.
Iberira’s recent flights to Hamad International Airport begin on December eleventh, 2023. Iberia will use its Airbus A330-200s to operate the route. That is split between Business Plus with 19 flatbed seats and economy class with 269 seats featuring 30-32 inches of pitch and 6-7 inches of recline. Iberia CEO, Fernando Candela, highlighted the variety of destinations becoming available:
“Joining the QJB with Qatar Airways and British Airways is superb news for our customers. We’re really excited in regards to the launch of our Madrid-Doha route. Through QJB hubs in London and Doha, we’re constructing the much-desired bridge between Spain and greater than 200 destinations in Asia, Australasia, the Middle East, and Africa, and offering recent opportunities for travelers in each directions.
“Our country is moving towards a brand new model of higher-quality tourism and with the Madrid-Doha launching, we’re making a breakthrough.”
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Together, Iberia’s and Qatar Airways’ expanded service will operate 3 times every day on the route.
What is going to it give passengers?
With the extra hub links, passengers can hook up with greater than 200 destinations through the three global airlines. Adding Madrid allows Ibiria’s extensive network across the Iberian Peninsula and South America more accessible access to key markets within the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia via Doha.
The partnership also gives passengers more options to make use of a single ticket to make the most of other partner premium products, including Qatar Airways’ QSuite, Iberia’s business class, and British Airways’ Club Suite. British Airways’ Chairman and CEO, Sean Doyle, said:
“Last yr, we expanded our joint business partnership with Qatar Airways with the addition of 42 countries, and I’m so pleased to see it growing even further as we welcome Iberia onboard.
“We’re committed to offering our customers as much selection as possible and dealing so closely with our partners in Madrid and Doha connects British Airways to greater than 200 destinations globally.”
Photo: Iberia
Frequent flyers are also set to profit significantly from the brand new partnership. As Members of Iberia Plus, British Airways Executive Club, and Qatar Airways Privilege Club can collect and spend a typical currency, Avios. Loyalty members of all tiers may mix their balances and transfer Avios between accounts at different programs to seek out one of the best tickets.