Iberia

[Ray Finkle]

Is Madrid worth a couple of days, bearing in mind I'd have a 6 year old boy with me?

One option for next year is flying to Madrid, possibly for a day or two, before getting the train to Valencia. It would then be either back to BHX via AMS, or direct to EMA.

 

[Ianbutty]

Is Madrid worth a couple of days, bearing in mind I'd have a 6 year old boy with me?

One option for next year is flying to Madrid, possibly for a day or two, before getting the train to Valencia. It would then be either back to BHX via AMS, or direct to EMA.

Yes. And a great alternative to Barcelona. Take him to see Real. Just like a trip to St Andrews....the airport alone is worth the trip...of you get to use the new terminal that is.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Mon and Wed dropped for S19 with Tue and Thur added. Sun and Fri remain the same so still 4x weekly 🙂

It would be nice to see it go 6x weekly.

 

[Jerry]

Mon and Wed dropped for S19 with Tue and Thur added. Sun and Fri remain the same so still 4x weekly 🙂

It would be nice to see it go 6x weekly.

Is it Iberia or Iberia Express that operates the BHX route?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Is it Iberia or Iberia Express that operates the BHX route?

It's Iberia Express.

 

[Coathanger16]

Mon and Wed dropped for S19 with Tue and Thur added. Sun and Fri remain the same so still 4x weekly 🙂

It would be nice to see it go 6x weekly.

Does that now mean some of the flights operate on different days to Ryanair instead of being the same - i.e. is it now possible to fly BHX - MAD any day of the week? Or at least more days of the week.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Does that now mean some of the flights operate on different days to Ryanair instead of being the same - i.e. is it now possible to fly BHX - MAD any day of the week? Or at least more days of the week.

Ryanair is only bookable up until March at the moment but if their schedule remains unchanged then there should be flights to Madrid every day except Saturday.

 

[Brum X]

It's Iberia Express.

But does anybody actually know the difference ?

Do you get free food/drink on Iberia but not on IBX ?

 

[juliet-fox-9]

But does anybody actually know the difference ?

Here's a quote copy/pasted from the FlyerTalk forum:

"Biggest difference to mainline IB shorthaul onboard is legroom. IB runs 34" seat pitch in J, 31" in Y on an A320 (with some seats at the front of Y sometimes benefitting from better legroom depending where the curtain is).

I2 has 28" seat pitch in Y and 30" in J (3-3 with middle seat empty), so J is about the same as new CE on BA. Apart from that, there isn't a huge amount of difference in practical terms to IB in service offering etc"

 

[Brum X]

Here's a quote copy/pasted from the FlyerTalk forum:

"Biggest difference to mainline IB shorthaul onboard is legroom. IB runs 34" seat pitch in J, 31" in Y on an A320 (with some seats at the front of Y sometimes benefitting from better legroom depending where the curtain is).

I2 has 28" seat pitch in Y and 30" in J (3-3 with middle seat empty), so J is about the same as new CE on BA. Apart from that, there isn't a huge amount of difference in practical terms to IB in service offering etc"

Thanks for the info jfy 👍

 

[IanFarquharson]

I flew with them BHX - MAD in May and they were fine

 

[Jerry]

Also with Iberia Express if you sign up for their Club Express you get a 10% discount off the flights and it's free to join! If you want to see what they are like check out my trip report in the Cardiff Iberia Express thread! Yes a very shameless plug there! 🙂

 

[Brum X]

Also with Iberia Express if you sign up for their Club Express you get a 10% discount off the flights and it's free to join! If you want to see what they are like check out my trip report in the Cardiff Iberia Express thread! Yes a very shameless plug there! 🙂

I will Jerry, right then lets get the kettle on and where are those Custard Creams.

 

[Jerry]

I will Jerry, right then lets get the kettle on and where are those Custard Creams.

Thanks! I'd definitely recommend flying with them!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Also with Iberia Express if you sign up for their Club Express you get a 10% discount off the flights and it's free to join! If you want to see what they are like check out my trip report in the Cardiff Iberia Express thread! Yes a very shameless plug there! 🙂

I watched that last night and totally forgot to comment.

It was another excellent trip report, I really enjoyed it 👍

 

[Jerry]

I watched that last night and totally forgot to comment.

It was another excellent trip report, I really enjoyed it 👍

Thanks!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Madrid goes 5x weekly from 30th March 🙂

It operates on Sun, Mon, Tue, Thur and Fri.

 

[Ianbutty]

Madrid goes 5x weekly from 30th March 🙂

It operates on Sun, Mon, Tue, Thur and Fri.

Very slowly it is all coming back and the confidence returns.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Very slowly it is all coming back and the confidence returns.

A small increase from Czech, Brussels going back to 4x daily and now an extra weekly IBX flight. Nothing earth shattering but they all add up 👍

 

[Brum X]

Madrid goes 5x weekly from 30th March 🙂

It operates on Sun, Mon, Tue, Thur and Fri.

Awesome news Mr F 👍

I wonder if they would consider switching to Iberia mainline in the future, our friend Mr Blake Edgington didnt give IBX a very good report when he recently travelled with them from Palma de Mallorca (PMI) to Madrid Barajas (MAD). The plane was filthy