Talaier From Spain, joined May 2008, 490 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 4309 times:
Iberia Express (I2), subsidiary of Iberia and IAG has presented its winter schedule. DUS, FRA, BER, ARN and CPH add to AMS and DUB as their European network.
Couldn't find an English press release so this is the summary of frequencies:
FRA - 19x
DUS - 14x
BER - 18x
CPH & ARN - daily
Keeps pretty much the old IB mainline schedule.
This adds to the recent agreement with AA to codeshare on I2's flights on top of IB's mainline.
Talaier From Spain, joined May 2008, 490 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2405 times:
Quoting acelanzarote (Reply 1): How many more A320´s are moving over to IBX?
Not sure but not more than 2-3 aircraft. Given they stopped operating some seasonal routes, they should have at least 2 planes free.
Quoting Vasu (Reply 2):
Do they have a proper livery / identity yet?
Yes and no. Yes as in the livery is slightly different and they do have their own code (I2) and no because they are very much under the IB umbrella in terms of branding and promotion.
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 5, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2229 times:
Is IBX some kind of low cost arm of IB, or is the service the same regardless whether it is IB or I2?
pesit4a From Ireland, joined Jul 2012, 119 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2229 times:
Quoting acelanzarote (Reply 1): How many more A320´s are moving over to IBX?
Plan is for 40 A320's by 2014.
Quoting Vasu (Reply 2): Do they have a proper livery / identity yet?
I'm guessing the current "livery" is just a decal job so that the aircraft can be re branded with the new IB corporate identity which is planned for later this year.
Talaier From Spain, joined May 2008, 490 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2129 times:
Quoting B747forever (Reply 5):
Is IBX some kind of low cost arm of IB, or is the service the same regardless whether it is IB or I2?
Service is the same. IBX has J and a BoB for Y. Apparently seat pitch in J is not the same as in the "normal" IB planes, and is closer to that offered in Y which is sort of similar to what KLM offers for instance. However it offers a different pricing strategy with 4 types of fares which in its cheapest version, doesn't include checked in bags.
WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 810 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (8 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1591 times:
If everything is pretty much the same as regular IB what is the reason behind this entity called IB Express? There has to be something besides saving a few bucks on painting aircraft?
Polot From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 1490 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1569 times:
Quoting WROORD (Reply 8): If everything is pretty much the same as regular IB what is the reason behind this entity called IB Express? There has to be something besides saving a few bucks on painting aircraft?
The crew are separate from and paid less than at IB. Needless to say IB Express is not the most popular airline (or whatever you want to call it) amongst IB crew.
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 10, posted (8 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1454 times:
Quoting Talaier (Reply 7): However it offers a different pricing strategy with 4 types of fares which in its cheapest version, doesn't include checked in bags
Interesting, but I doubt you are given that option when the itinerary includes a long haul connection.
A bit surprised at these two as I would have considered them higher yielding destinations. If you look at their route ntetwork, IBS is being mainly used on low-yield leisure destinations where IB mainline cannot compete with its high cost base.
LJ From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4140 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (8 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 717 times:
Quoting r2rho (Reply 12): A bit surprised at these two as I would have considered them higher yielding destinations. If you look at their route ntetwork, IBS is being mainly used on low-yield leisure destinations where IB mainline cannot compete with its high cost base.
However Ryanair is flying between Hahn/Weeze and Madrid, thus IB faces LCC pressure on these routes. Furthermore, in the FRA market they have to compete with a full service airline which a) does actually provide full service in Y and b) has higher frequency in the market.
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