Iberia to fly Barcelona-Sao Paulo

[flying.monkeyz]

Iberia is the latest carrier to announce a new direct service between Barcelona and Sao Paulo, following in the footsteps of Singapore Airlines.

Iberia’s twice-weekly service, commencing on June 19, will compete against SIA’s thrice-weekly one beginning on March 28, thereby giving consumers more choice on the route.

Flight IB6853, a 254-seat A340-300, will depart from Barcelona at 2100 on Wednesdays and Sundays, landing at Sao Paulo at 0330 the next day. The return flight, IB6852, will depart Sao Paulo on Mondays and Thursdays at 1350, arriving in Barcelona at 0540 the following day.

SIA by comparison will serve Sao Paulo, its first South American destination, with a B777-300ER featuring its latest premium class product. Flight SQ68, originating in Singapore, will stop at Barcelona on its way to Sao Paulo on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays (see online news January 12).

For more on the pricing impact of SIA and fellow “fifth freedom” carriers, see Aviation Liberation in this month’s edition of Business Traveller.

For more information visit iberia.com.

http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...o-paulo-direct

[Fryderyk HPH]

According to airlineroute.net, ...
http://airlineroute.net/2011/03/12/ib-bcngru-s11/

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IBERIA to launch Barcelona – Sao Paulo from mid-Jun 2011


IBERIA from 19JUN11 is launching 2 weekly Barcelona – Sao Paulo service on board airbus A340-300 aircraft. Reservation for this flight is now available.

With this new route, service to Sao Paulo increases from 14 to 16 weekly. Schedule:

IB6853 MAD1810 – 1920BCN2100 – 0330+1GRU 340 37
IB6852 GRU1350 – 0540+1BCN0720+1 – 0840+1MAD 340 14

No Local traffic rights on MAD BCN sector

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2x weekly BCN — GRU. I have a feeling they got really screwed by the Brazilians. Arrival timing into GRU from BCN is atrocious, 3a.m in the morning?! LOL, how are they going to get the biz pax traffic?

And, they do not have local traffic rights on the MAD — BCN sector? LOL, how can an airline not have local traffic rights in their own country? Surely this clause must have been imposed by the Brazilians. ROFLMAO

[9V-JKL]

2x weekly BCN — GRU. I have a feeling they got really screwed by the Brazilians. Arrival timing into GRU from BCN is atrocious, 3a.m in the morning?! LOL, how are they going to get the biz pax traffic?

And, they do not have local traffic rights on the MAD — BCN sector? LOL, how can an airline not have local traffic rights in their own country? Surely this clause must have been imposed by the Brazilians. ROFLMAO

IB's rather desperate aren't they...
3am arrival ....oh wait. SQ11's like that to...