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Latin America gets a step closer thanks to British Airways/Iberia merger

British Airways and Iberia are placing their flight codes on each other’s flights so that BA’s customers can fly to Latin America and Iberia’s can travel to the Middle East.

British Airways has placed its code on Iberia flights between Madrid and San Jose (Costa Rica) and Panama City.

Iberia has added its code to British Airways flights to Bahrain, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat. Iberia will also add its code onto British Airways’ services to Cape Town and both airlines will share their Johannesburg flights.

Iberia’s flights to Havana will also carry the BA code from mid April.

Andrew Crawley, British Airways’ commercial director, said: “Our customers are now seeing the real benefit of our merger with Iberia as we introduce these exciting routes to them. Latin America is a real draw for our travellers and it will be simpler for Iberia’s customers to access the Middle East. All of our customers will now have greater access to South Africa too.”

Customers are also now able to mix and match Iberia and British Airways’ flights to and from Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Lagos, Cairo and Tel Aviv enabling them to access flights to suit either their schedule or their budget.

This news story was written by DialExpotel for Expotel, the UK’s leading hotel, travel and venue booking agency. To find out more about the new British Airways and Iberia routes, call Expotel on 0844 793 7300

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