#TBT: Iberia flights to South America in 1988

Iberia made its first flight between Madrid and South America on September the 22nd, 1946 when a DC-4 departed from Madrid’s Barajas airport, bound for Buenos Aires. The route of those first flights was Madrid-Villa Cisneros-Natal-Montevideo-Buenos Aires.

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Travel time on this route was almost 36 hours, including stops in each city.

See also: #TBT: Avianca Argentina flights between Buenos Aires, Rosario and Reconquista.

Over the years, thanks to the arrival of new aircraft with greater autonomy and capacity, stopovers were reduced, as well as the total flight time.

See also: #TBT: United Airlines flights to and from Argentina in 2002.

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Jumping 40 years, more precisely in January 1988, Iberia was operating in South America with Boeing 747s and DC-10s. In terms of weekly flights, Argentina was the main market, followed by Chile, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Both aircraft had three seating configurations, which were Grand Class (P), Business Class (C) and Economy (Y).

See also: #TBT: Transportes Aéreos Neuquén (TAN) flights in 1999.

Schedule between Spain and South America in 1988 – Iberia

Flights from Spain

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Flight	From	To	Aircraft	Freq.
IB 983	MAD 22:35	LPA 00:15+1	Boeing 747	Monday
IB 983	LPA 01:55	EZE 09:00	Boeing 747	Tuesday
IB 983	EZE 10:15	SCL 12:20	Boeing 747	Tuesday
IB 983	MAD 22:35	LPA 00:15+1	Boeing 747	Wednesday
IB 983	LPA 01:55	EZE 09:00	Boeing 747	Thursday
IB 983	EZE 10:15	SCL 12:20	Boeing 747	Thursday
IB 991	SCQ 20:30	MAD 21:30	DC-10	Thursday
IB 991	MAD 00:05	GIG 07:05	DC-10	Friday
IB 991	GIG 08:20	EZE 10:25	DC-10	Friday
IB 991	EZE 11:30	MVD 13:20	DC-10	Friday
IB 981	SCQ 21:10	MAD 22:10	Boeing 747	Friday
IB 981	MAD 00:45	EZE 09:00	Boeing 747	Saturday
IB 981	EZE 10:15	SCL 12:20	Boeing 747	Saturday
IB 999	MAD 00:05	GIG 07:05	DC-10	Sunday
IB 999	GIG 08:35	ASU 09:55	DC-10	Sunday

See also: #TBT: Dinar Líneas Aéreas flights in 1999.

Flights from South America

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Flight	From	To	Aircraft	Freq.
IB 982	SCL 14:10	EZE 15:55	Boeing 747	Tuesday
IB 982	EZE 17:25	LPA 05:50+1	Boeing 747	Tuesday
IB 982	LPA 07:05	MAD 10:35	Boeing 747	Wednesday
IB 982	SCL 14:10	EZE 15:55	Boeing 747	Thursday
IB 982	EZE 17:25	LPA 05:50+1	Boeing 747	Thursday
IB 982	LPA 07:05	MAD 10:35	Boeing 747	Friday
IB 992	MVD 14:40	ASU 15:25	DC-10	Friday
IB 992	ASU 16:25	GIG 19:35	DC-10	Friday
IB 992	GIG 20:55	MAD 09:15+1	DC-10	Friday
IB 980	SCL 14:10	EZE 15:55	Boeing 747	Saturday
IB 980	EZE 17:25	MAD 08:45+1	Boeing 747	Saturday
IB 980	MAD 09:40	SCQ 10:55	Boeing 747	Sunday
IB 998	ASU 10:55	EZE 12:45	DC-10	Sunday
IB 998	EZE 13:45	GIG 17:35	DC-10	Sunday
IB 998	GIG 18:55	MAD 07:15+1	DC-10	Sunday
IB 998	MAD 11:00	SCQ 12:05	DC-10	Monday

Glossary

• ASU: Asuncion
• EZE: Buenos Aires
• GIG: Rio de Janeiro
• LPA: Las Palmas
• MAD: Madrid
• MVD: Montevideo
• SCL: Santiago de Chile
• SCQ: Santiago de Compostela

See also: #TBT: Cubana de Aviación flights to South America in 1999.

Iberia continues to operate between Madrid and South America, being the leading airline in the market.

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Uruguay and Venezuela are part of the schedule, with the following itinerary:

• Bogota (BOG): 18 weekly flights
• Buenos Aires (EZE): 14 weekly flights
• Caracas (CCS): 3 weekly flights
• Guayaquil (GYE): 3 weekly flights
• Lima (LIM): 11 weekly flights
• Montevideo (MVD): 7 weekly flights
• Quito (UIO): 6 weekly flights
• Rio de Janeiro (GIG): 3 weekly flights
• Sao Paulo (GRU): 7 weekly flights
• Santiago de Chile (SCL): 7 weekly flights

See also: #TBT: KLM flights to South America in 1988.

Source

• Guía Argentina de Tráfico Aéreo (GATA).

See also: #TBT: Aeroflot flights between Russia and Argentina in 1987.