We’ve been waiting to see how the cuts at Iberia are going to strike… well here they are.
From Mid-January 2013, the short haul following routes are withdrawn:
- Athens
- Cairo
- Istanbul
From 1st April, the following Long Haul services are facing the axe:
- Havana
- Santo Domingo
- San Juan (re-route via Miami)
- Montevideo (via other Iberia destinations)
The routes that are being dropped are mainly holiday routes – with Iberia to contact you for re-routing via a different airline or a full refund if needed.
There will be capacity increases in some routes to try and improve profitably, but Iberia needs to get itself in shape – quickly. With another strike around the corner (14th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st December currently), time is not on Iberia’s side.
And the last thing IAG would want is a protracted fight like British Airways and its cabin crew strike a couple of years ago…