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Iberia celebrates 70 years of New York flights
Spain flag carrier Iberia has celebrated the 70th anniversary New York flights.
The route was born on 3 August 1954, as an Iberia Super Constellation flew across the Atlantic from Madrid.
Five days later, scheduled flights began.
The first flight between Madrid and New York, took 15 hours due to weather conditions although at that time the normal duration was between nine and ten hours.
It had a capacity of 19 passengers in first-class cabin and 55 in economy.
The flight crew numbered 10 people in total.
The route was then three times a week and now is a double-daily service.
In the first five months of operation, almost 2,000 people were carried.
Today, New York flights are operated on the Airbus 350-900, with capacity for up to 348 passengers in three classes.
This year, Iberia offers nearly 435,000 seats between the Spanish capital and New York City.
Iberia also flies transatlantic to Miami, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco and Washington DC.
This represents 130 flights a week.
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