Flights to South America

Iberia has announced a number of forthcoming schedule changes that will provide increased capacity on its flights to South America from the carrier's base in Madrid.Due to take effect from mid-January, the adjustments will include the launch of four new weekly flights to Lima, Peru, which will represent a capacity increase of 40 per cent.

The airline's service between Madrid and Buenos Aires, Argentina will be upped from 14 to 17 weekly return flights.As part of a codeshare agreement with LAN Airlines, Iberia will add three weekly return services to its schedule of flights to Quito, Ecuador from the Spanish capital.Other changes next year will see the carrier offering extra seats on links to Havana, Cuba and Bogota, Colombia.Overall, Iberia's increased supply to destinations in Latin America will raise total capacity on the routes by around 20,000 seats per month.The airline claims to be the market leader in air travel to the region from Europe, with an average of 250 weekly return flights.