Iberia Air Cargo Profile
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Iberia
IATA: IBIberia, Spain's flag carrier, whose belly cargo is handled by IAG Cargo, with Madrid a principal freight gateway to Latin America.
Iberia, legally Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, is the flag carrier of Spain, incorporated in June 1927 and flying its first service that December. Since January 2011 it has been part of International Airlines Group (IAG), the holding company formed by the merger of Iberia and British Airways, and it is a founding-era member of the oneworld alliance. Its cargo is not run as a standalone Iberia division: since December 2012 all freight sales, handling and network planning for the group's airlines have been consolidated into IAG Cargo, the single cargo business unit that markets Iberia's capacity alongside that of British Airways, Aer Lingus and LEVEL.
Iberia at a glance
- Cargo division
- IAG Cargo
- Headquarters
- Madrid, Spain
- Founded
- 1927
- IATA / ICAO code
- IB / IBE
- Cargo fleet
- No dedicated freighters. Cargo moves as belly-hold capacity on Iberia's Airbus widebody fleet, roughly 12 A330-200s, 8 A330-300s and 23 A350-900s as of 2025, plus narrowbody A320-family holds on shorthaul. During the pandemic Iberia removed seats from several A330-300s to fly them as cargo-only "preighters" (about 105 cubic metres or 18,000 kg of extra cabin load), but those aircraft were reconverted to passenger configuration once demand recovered. All Iberia cargo is sold and handled by IAG Cargo.
- Cargo hubs
- Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez (MAD)
- Parent group
- International Airlines Group (IAG)
- Alliance
- oneworld
- Main cargo routes
- Europe to Latin America, Transatlantic, Europe to North America, plus intra-Europe feed
- Official website
- www.iagcargo.com
About Iberia
Iberia, legally Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, is the flag carrier of Spain, incorporated in June 1927 and flying its first service that December. Since January 2011 it has been part of International Airlines Group (IAG), the holding company formed by the merger of Iberia and British Airways, and it is a founding-era member of the oneworld alliance. Its cargo is not run as a standalone Iberia division: since December 2012 all freight sales, handling and network planning for the group's airlines have been consolidated into IAG Cargo, the single cargo business unit that markets Iberia's capacity alongside that of British Airways, Aer Lingus and LEVEL.
Iberia operates no dedicated freighter aircraft. Its cargo is carried entirely in the lower holds of passenger widebodies, principally the Airbus A330-200, A330-300 and A350-900, supplemented by A320-family belly space on shorthaul feeder routes. During the 2020 to 2021 demand surge Iberia stripped seats from several A330-300s to run them as cargo-only "preighters", adding roughly 105 cubic metres or 18,000 kg of cabin load per aircraft, but those jets were reconverted to standard passenger layout as belly capacity normalised. Today Iberia's freight footprint scales with its passenger widebody schedule rather than with any standalone all-cargo fleet.
Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport is Iberia's home base and IAG Cargo's Continental European hub, handling well over 200,000 tonnes of freight a year and functioning as the group's primary bridge between Europe and Latin America. Iberia's dense Latin American schedule, where it holds a majority of IAG's South American market share, underpins strong perishables and pharmaceutical lanes. IAG Cargo has invested in Madrid accordingly, expanding a temperature-controlled perishables facility in 2024 and operating a Good Distribution Practice certified Constant Climate centre for time and temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, with cold-chain pharma volumes across the group rising about 22 percent in 2024.
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Iberia air cargo FAQ
Does Iberia operate dedicated cargo freighters?
No. Iberia flies no dedicated freighter aircraft. Its cargo moves as belly-hold capacity on passenger widebodies such as the Airbus A330-200, A330-300 and A350-900. The seat-removed A330 "preighters" it ran during the pandemic were reconverted to passenger configuration once demand recovered.
Who handles Iberia's air cargo, and under what brand?
Iberia's freight is sold and handled by IAG Cargo, the single cargo unit of parent International Airlines Group, which has consolidated the cargo operations of Iberia, British Airways, Aer Lingus and LEVEL since 2012.
What is Iberia's main cargo hub and route strength?
Its main hub is Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez (MAD), which handles over 200,000 tonnes of cargo a year and is IAG's principal gateway between Europe and Latin America, with strong pharmaceutical and perishables traffic.