First Iberojet Flight Lands in Orlando, Fl, Boosting European Connections

At 8:04 PM yesterday, Sunday (23), the inaugural Iberojet flight from Madrid (MAD) landed at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, had taken off from Madrid at 5:34 PM local time.

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Iberojet will operate a weekly flight between Madrid and Orlando, Florida, during the peak of the summer 2024 season. Flight E9 871 will depart from Barajas Airport on Sundays at 5:00 PM to land in Orlando at 8:30 PM. The return flight, E9 872, will be at 10:30 PM, arriving in the Spanish capital at 1:10 PM the following day, after 8 hours and 40 minutes of flight.

According to the Iberojet website, fares start at 232 euros per segment to fly between Madrid and Orlando, a route on which Ávoris Corporación Empresarial will be the sole operator, with flights until September 8.

Iberojet’s summer schedule also includes flights from Madrid, Lisbon, and Barcelona to Cancún, Varadero, Santa Clara, La Romana, Punta Cana, Tegucigalpa, San José, Mauritius, and Bangkok.

See also: Iberojet resumes the route between Madrid and Mauritius

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The arrival of Iberojet also represents a boost in European connectivity for Orlando International Airport, which, according to information obtained through Cirium, was last connected with Spain in the summer of 2008 with Air Comet flights.

Orlando’s European network also includes Dublin (five weekly flights by Aer Lingus), Edinburgh (two weekly flights by Virgin Atlantic), Frankfurt (10 weekly flights by Discover), London-Gatwick (one daily flight by Norse Atlantic and two daily flights by British Airways), London-Heathrow (two daily flights by Virgin Atlantic), and Manchester (12 weekly flights by Virgin Atlantic and one daily flight by Aer Lingus). This represents a weekly offer of 23,900 seats per direction, just over half of the 45,900 weekly seats offered by airlines to Miami.