Iberia Express takes to the skies

Iberia Airline’s SEPLA pilots’ union local has announced plans for new strike actions against the airline, to take place every Monday and Friday from April 9 to July 20. As soon as these actions are officially called, Iberia will file with Spain’s Ministry of Development for a mínimum services plan that will shield the most critical flights from the effects of the strikes, and will then incorporate that plan into our flight scheduling for that time period as soon as possible, so as to be able to inform our passengers of any changes and cancellations.

As with previous strike actions, once we have established which flights are cancelled, we will offer all of our affected passengers travel alternatives, either on Iberia or other airlines, at no additional cost. Those passengers who for whatever reason decline to accept these alternatives will have their fares refunded without penalty.

In the meantime, we offer guidelines from past experience as to which flights are most likely to continue to operate normally:
All flights between mainland Spain and the Balearic and Canary Islands.
All long-haul flights to the Western Hemisphere, South Africa and Angola, excepting those routes where we offer more than one daily flight; those would be reduced to one per day in each direction. (Note: this applies only to those flights operated by Iberia, not to flights opereated by other carriers as Iberia codeshares).
Between 25% and 50% of domestic flights within Spain and 50% (rounded up) of flights between Spain and other European countries as well as North Africa.
The planned SEPLA strikes would affect only Iberia Airlines, and therefore the following flights will not be affected and will operate normally:
Flights operated by AirNostrum (IB8000)
Flights operated by other airlines as Iberia codeshares: IB2400 to IB2699, operated by Iberia Express; IB5000 operated by Vueling; and IB4000 and IB7000, operated by various other carriers.

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