https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Several Israeli passengers on an Iberia flight to Tel Aviv were unpleasantly surprised when the Spanish pilot's announced "Welcome to Palestine" as they landed. https://www.thelocal.es/20151030/lost-in-translation-iberia-in-palestine-rumpus Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:00:29 +0100 lost-in-translation-iberia-in-palestine-rumpus Footage captured a Spanish aircraft flying nail-bitingly close to cars as it came into land at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría airport on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151008/video-captures-too-close-for-comfort-moment-during-iberia-landing Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:38:05 +0200 video-captures-too-close-for-comfort-moment-during-iberia-landing British-owned airline Iberia has announced it is not planning to offer any long-haul flights from Barcelona's El Prat airport and focus instead on Madrid Barajas, a decision which has not yet been linked to Catalonia’s separatist bid. https://www.thelocal.es/20141006/iberia-dashes-barcelonas-hopes-of-transfer-hub-reign Mon, 06 Oct 2014 16:36:00 +0200 iberia-dashes-barcelonas-hopes-of-transfer-hub-reign International Airlines Group said Monday it has finalized a deal to buy eight long-haul Airbus A330-200 aircraft worth $1.48 billion (€1.15 billion) at list prices for Spain's Iberia airlines. https://www.thelocal.es/20140922/iag-gifts-iberia-eight-new-airbus-jets Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:14:00 +0200 iag-gifts-iberia-eight-new-airbus-jets Spain's flagship carrier Iberia cancelled its Tuesday night flight to the Israel capital of Tel Aviv as a preventative measure due to the worsening security situation in the region, while low-cost carrier Vueling is also avoiding the zone. https://www.thelocal.es/20140723/iberia-cancels-flight Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:56:00 +0200 iberia-cancels-flight Madrid zoo has a new resident after Gorka the gorilla gave birth on Saturday. New photographs from Monday show mother and child enjoying bright spring sunshine. https://www.thelocal.es/20140318/meet-the Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:31:00 +0100 meet-the Spanish flag-carrier Iberia on Friday settled months of bitter dispute over layoffs and cutbacks by striking a final deal with unions to cut ground staff's salaries, managers said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140314/spain-airline-iberia-says-cutbacks-dispute-settled Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:07:00 +0100 spain-airline-iberia-says-cutbacks-dispute-settled Spanish flag carrier Iberia has said it has reached a deal with its pilots to slash their salaries by at least 14 percent, part of its bid to return to profit. https://www.thelocal.es/20140214/iberia-pilots-agree-to-14-percent-pay-cut Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:33:00 +0100 iberia-pilots-agree-to-14-percent-pay-cut Spain's debt-ridden airline Iberia on Tuesday unveiled its new corporate logo and brand image as part of a major restructuring which it hopes will return the airline to profit. https://www.thelocal.es/20131015/struggling-iberia-pins-hopes-on-image-revamp Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:16:00 +0200 struggling-iberia-pins-hopes-on-image-revamp Spanish infrastructure group Abertis said on Thursday it had agreed to sell London-Luton airport for €502 million (£433 million, $665 million) to a consortium led by Spain's airport operator. https://www.thelocal.es/20130801/londons-luton-airport-stays-in-spanish-hands Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:35:00 +0200 londons-luton-airport-stays-in-spanish-hands A pilot with Spanish airline Iberia on Monday changed his flight plan to allow passengers to take in the sights of the historic Galician city of Lugo. https://www.thelocal.es/20130604/singing-pilot-diverts-flight-in-sightseeing-stunt Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:15:00 +0200 singing-pilot-diverts-flight-in-sightseeing-stunt Workers of Spanish airline Iberia have called off a third five-day strike in a dispute over thousands of job cuts after unions accepted a mediation plan, the company said late on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130314/iberia-staff-call-off-strike-after-mediation-talks Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:25:00 +0100 iberia-staff-call-off-strike-after-mediation-talks International Airlines Group, owner of the Spanish airline Iberia, has accepted a plan put forward by a Spanish government-appointed mediator which will see some 700 fewer job losses at the carrier than it originally planned. https://www.thelocal.es/20130310/iag-backtracks-on-iberia-job-cuts Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:27:00 +0100 iag-backtracks-on-iberia-job-cuts Iberia staff and union representatives have denied that recent strikes over job cuts have been anti-British - despite protesters carrying banners with anti-British messages and defaced union jacks. https://www.thelocal.es/20130306/iberia-staff-and-union-this-is-not-trafalgar Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:34:00 +0100 iberia-staff-and-union-this-is-not-trafalgar Serious problems at Iberia airline combined with a whopping fuel bill have seen International Airlines Group, parent of British Airways, posting a 2012 net loss of €943 million ($1.239 billion). https://www.thelocal.es/20130228/iag-posts-huge-losses-as-iberia-strikes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:07:00 +0100 iag-posts-huge-losses-as-iberia-strikes Thousands of striking workers of Spanish flag-carrier Iberia protested noisily in Madrid on Wednesday in a display or rage at management plans to cut 3,800 jobs following the carrier´s merger with British Airways. https://www.thelocal.es/20130221/iberia-demonstrations-fly-high-in-central-madrid Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:41:00 +0100 iberia-demonstrations-fly-high-in-central-madrid Strikers at Spanish airline Iberia clashed with police at Madrid-Barajas airport on Monday as they launched a five-day action against planned job cuts. https://www.thelocal.es/20130218/iberia-workers-clash-with-police-in-madrid Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:40:00 +0100 iberia-workers-clash-with-police-in-madrid Iberia staff are set to strike for 15 days in February and March after the airline's owner International Airlines Group announced plans on Tuesday to cut more than 3,800 jobs at the carrier. https://www.thelocal.es/20130213/iberia-set-for-strikes-after-job-cuts Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:26:00 +0100 iberia-set-for-strikes-after-job-cuts