30 Septemeber 2010

Iberia offers two new Brazilian destinations: Fortaleza and Recife

Spains national airline, Iberia, will begin regular flights to Fortaleza and Recife on February 1st, offering three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and using 254-seat Airbus A340/300s on the route to north-eastern Brazil.

The flights to Fortaleza and Recife consolidates Brazil’s status as Iberia’s most important Latin American destination, and the one expected to grow the most next year. Iberia now operates two daily return flights between Madrid and São Paulo, and one daily flight to Río de Janeiro.

Their lovely beaches and pleasant climate make Recife and Fortaleza popular tourist destinations the whole year round.

In 2009 the airline carried almost 500,000 passengers between Europe and Brazil, and it expects to carry some 80,000 passengers on the new route in the first year of operation.

• Three direct flights each week, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

• Recife and Fortaleza are two major tourist destinations in north-eastern Brazil.

• New routes consolidate Brazil’s status as Iberia’s most important destination in Latin America.

• Iberia expects to carry 80,000 passengers on the route during the first year.