Manchester to Madrid

Starting on 30 October Iberia's franchise partner for regional flights, Air Nostrum, will launch a daily non-stop flight between Manchester and Madrid competing head on with Ryanair.  Unlike the Irish carrier Air Nostrum is a full service airline, passengers also gaining advantage of oneworld membership and British Airways affiliation.  Flights will be operated by Bombardier 100-seat CRJ-1000 equipped with Air Nostrum's Business Class.

The timing of the flights are ideal for making connections with Iberia’s late evening departures to typically Johannesburg, and various South American cities including Buenos Aires, Lima, Montevideo, Santiago and Sao Paulo.

Iberia Regional Air Nostrum will also launch a new twice weekly flight between Madrid and Glasgow on 1 November (see AERBT 25 July), again connecting onto the Iberia network. www.iberia.com

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