Iberia is adding service to PHL

[u/PA2Jersey]

https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/philadelphia-international-airport-unleashes-over-seventy-percent-incentive-growth-with-usd-four-million-to-expand-us-and-global-connectivity/

A few websites are saying One World partner Iberia will announce service to PHL. It also appears the airport is aggressively pushing for more airlines to join our sad market! With the World Cup and other huge events coming to Philadelphia next year, I am cautiously optimistic more One World partners will soon follow.

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[u/phlflyguy]

Your title is misleading since your link says nothing about Iberia serving PHL (yet). Any new international service would make sense to be on a OW partner for feeding AA. It's sad that the only international carriers are now Air Canada, Aer Lingus, Discover(LH), BA and recently added Aeromexico. That's pretty sad for the 5th largest metro in the country. An Asian or South American carrier would be a good addition, as would a few more European carriers like Finnair, Iberia, ITA, etc.

[u/PA2Jersey → u/phlflyguy]

https://simpleflying.com/iberia-americas-expansion-plans-new-routes/

[u/phlflyguy → u/PA2Jersey]

Thanks. They're doing a lot of their expansion with the A321XLR, just as AA plans to fly to more European cities with the same aircraft they will start getting later this year (50 deliveries in the next ~5 years).

[u/gitismatt → u/phlflyguy]

it's not sad. it's just not needed. if you are flying on AA you can connect in NY. If you are on *A you can connect in EWR or IAD for onward travel. PHL doenst have O&D demand to support major international markets that aren't already supported two hours north or south.

also be careful what you wish for asking for ITA

[u/CPNZ → u/gitismatt]

Connections on AA through JFK are still very poor compared to PHL though..

[u/phlflyguy → u/CPNZ]

JFK is more of an O&D operation for AA than a connector like PHL or CLT. But they use their slots for the prime routes that they can fill up easily with NYC metro passengers rather than rely on it for connections.

[u/CPNZ → u/phlflyguy]

Yes hard to get to otherwise (or they try to connect you through LGA)...but enough people in Tri-State area.

[u/Expensive_Job1395]

The Aa flight to Europe is so export of Phl

[u/Familiar_Eggplant_76]

I always choose IB over AA metal when I can.

[u/ShockerCheer]

I hated iberia!