Iberia launches Madrid-Luanda route

Starting on September 30 Iberia will fly to Luanda, becoming the first airline to make non-stop flights between Spain and Angola. Spain’s first-ever air link to Luanda is expected to enhance trade relations between Spain and the expanding market of Angola.

Iberia has scheduled two weekly frequencies –Mondays and Fridays– between Madrid and Luanda, using Airbus A340/300s, and timed to ensure good connections to the more than 100 destinations the company offers in Europe and the Americas.

Iberia forecasts that it will carry an average of 3,000 passengers every month, of which nearly 70% will connect from different Spanish cities and other European countries.

At www.iberia.com you can buy return tickets to Luanda for 930 EUR, all inclusive. Luanda will be Iberia’s 12nd destination in Africa and its second long haul destination in that continent after Johannesburg. The airline flies to Algeria (Algiers and Oran), Egypt (Cairo), Equatorial Guinea (Malabo), Morocco (Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat and Tangier), Nigeria (Lagos), Senegal (Dakar) and South Africa (Johannesburg), and it offers another 11 destinations under code sharing with other companies.