Iberia

On June 28, 1927, Iberia, Compañía Aérea de Transporte, was established. The airline started out with three Rohrbach Roland aircraft. The aircraft included room for a crew of two, ten passengers on wicker seats.

During their first decade in operation, the company linked major cities on the Spanish mainland, the Canary Islands, and North Africa. Iberia began offering trvel flights to Lisbon and Portugal 12 years after they started operations, making them an international travel airline. They began regular travel flights to London, Lisbon, Paris and Rome as well as Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the early 1940’s. They were the first airline to provide regular service between Europe and South America after the war.

Iberia surpassed the half-million passenger mark in the 1950’s. They introduced flights between Spain and New York. They began replacing propeller-driven planes with new jet aircraft in the 1960’s. They took delivery of their first three jet airlines in 1964. These jets were intended for travel flights from Pain to New York, Caracas, San Juan, Mexico City, Havana and Beunos Aires. Between 1970 and 1980 they began stressing more importance on customer service. They did so by offering new destinations including: as Istanbul, Athens, Warsaw, Budapest, and Kuwait. They also introduced pioneer services including the Madrid-Barcelona air shuttle and the Serviberia telephone service line. They started the Red Jacket service for passengers with special needs.

In 1999. Iberia joined the oneworld airline alliance. Iberia is a profitable company. Today as always, they continue to take their social and environmental responsibilities seriously. Iberia has always done their part to help others. An example is the "Mano a Mano" NGO. This was started by employees to collect and give out aid to those in need. Over a ten year period Iberia transported 1.000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to people in many places including: Peru, Sudan, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mauritania and El Salvador.

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