Iberia to add fourth Lagos flight

May 23, 2012 flight2000it

Iberia is to add a fourth weekly return flight between Madrid and Lagos starting on Friday, July 6. It already operates flights to the Nigerian city on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The new flight adds 244 seats per week to this route, and will bring the total to above 37,400 seats this year, or about 13% more than in 2011.

The airline links the largest cities in Spain and Nigeria using A319 aircraft, with Business Club class, wider and more comfortable seats with more separation between rows, and an in-flight entertainment system based on individual, portable Play Stations (PSP). These features are also available on Iberia flights to Cairo, Malabo, Moscow, and Tel Aviv.

Iberia launched its Lagos route in June, 2004, and it remains the sole airline to offer direct flights between Spain and Nigeria. Last year it carried nearly 25,500 passengers on the route, a 3.6% increase over the previous year. Nearly 60% of passengers make connections in Madrid to/from other Iberia destinations, such as London, Chicago, Bogota, and New York.

Aside from Lagos, Iberia flies to another 10 African destinations: Luanda, Algiers, Oran, Cairo, Malabo, Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangiers, and Dakar. In July it will launch services to Nouakchott in Mauritania and Accra in Ghana.

Source: Iberia