Iberia Launching Madrid To Orlando Flights As Of October 2025

Iberia has just revealed plans to launch a new route to the United States, and I don’t think this addition will shock anyone.

Iberia adds Madrid to Orlando route with Airbus A330

As of October 26, 2025, Iberia will launch a new flight between Madrid (MAD) and Orlando (MCO). The flight will operate 4x weekly with the following schedule:

IB339 Madrid to Orlando departing 11:30AM arriving 4:45PM
IB340 Orlando to Madrid departing 6:20PM arriving 7:55AM (+1 day)

The 4,374-mile flight is blocked at 10hr15min westbound and 8hr35min eastbound. The flight will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, in both directions.

Iberia will use an Airbus A330-300 for the service, featuring 292 seats. This includes 29 business class seats, 21 premium economy seats, and 242 economy class seats (read my review of Iberia’s A330 business class).

How Orlando route fits in Iberia’s route network

Orlando will be Iberia’s ninth destination in the United States, complementing service to Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), and San Juan (SJU). All of those destinations are year-round, except San Francisco, which is summer seasonal.

Orlando is of course a popular destination in the United States for those looking to go to amusement perks, and those wanting warm weather and sun. There’s not really a dominant US carrier in Orlando, as there’s substantial service from all of the “big three” US carriers, plus Southwest, low cost carriers, etc.

When it comes to long haul service, Orlando is quirky. Looking at the “big three” airline alliances, historically the only consistent, year-round transatlantic flights to Orlando have been on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, given how much Brits love the area. As of May 2025, Air France is even launching a year-round route to Orlando.

There’s some other long haul service, ranging from Emirates’ Dubai flight, to Icelandair’s Keflavik flight, to Discover Airlines’ Frankfurt flight.

Ultimately this new service on the part of Iberia should do reasonably well, you’d think, especially as part of the transatlantic joint venture consisting of American, British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus. This gives oneworld travelers a way to travel to Orlando without routing through London.

This new route is being made possible by the Airbus A321XLR, but not necessarily in the way that you’d think. This route is a bit beyond the practical range of the A321XLR. Instead, Iberia is increasingly flying the A321XLR to some existing destinations in winter (like Boston and New York), which frees up A330s to operate more new routes, like to Orlando.

Bottom line

As of October 2025, Iberia will launch a new 4x weekly flight between Madrid and Orlando using an Airbus A330. This will be Iberia’s ninth destination in the United States, and seems like a logical addition, especially for the winter season. British Airways already has a large presence in Orlando, so this will give oneworld flyers another option.

What do you make of Iberia adding service to Orlando?