Press Release

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08.04.2010	ROOF GOES UP ON IBERIA'S NEW MAINTENANCE HANGAR IN BARCELONA.. • 1,100 tonne structure raised 25 metres by 14 hydraulic jacks • Lifted at 4 metres per hour for about 6 hours • Hangar to open in October and begin activity a month later • A joint project of Iberia Maintenance (75 per cent) and the Barcelona free port authority (25 per cent)
16.11.2009	IBERIA TO MAINTAIN DHL’S B-757 FLEET..  Deutsche Post DHL is the world’s logistics company.
25.09.2009	IBERIA WINS EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT FROM SAS TO MAINTAIN MD80, AIRBUS A330, AND AIRBUS A340 AIRCRAFT.. Iberia Maintenance will handle major inspections (C and D checks) for Northern Europe’s largest airline
24.06.2009	IBERIA SIGNS TWO NEW ENGINE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS .. Russia’s Yakutia Airlines and India’s Blue Dart Aviation Ltd. sign up for Iberia’s services
18.06.2009	IBERIA AND ST AEROSPACE COMMEMORATE OFFICIAL OPENING OF MAeS .. · Delivered 10 landing gears to date, and received a set of landing gears from its first external airline customer, SriLankan Airlines · ST Aerospace provides extensive experience in the overhaul and repair of landing gear on commercial and military aircraft as well as its reach to a broad customer base, while Iberia’s expertise will be used to assist in the training of local technicians to perform the maintenance on aircraft components. Besides, Iberia will provide technical support · Madrid Aerospace Services (MAeS) is located at Torrejón de Ardoz, near the airport of Barajas and the hangars and workshops of Iberia in La Muñoza
27.02.2009	Thirteenth Consecutive Profitable Year.. IBERIA EARNED 2008 PROFIT OF 32 MILLION EUROS § Measures included in multi-year strategic plan achieved a 5.1% reduction in unit operating costs, excluding fuel § Fuel prices soared, swelling expenditures by 521 million euros, but other operating costs declined by 241 million euros § Operating revenues slipped by 1.3%, partly because of the depreciation of the U.S. dollar. At constant exchange rates, there would have been a small increase § The maintenance unit achieved an 8.7% rise in revenues from outside clients, with new clients and new services § The end-year balance sheet showed that Iberia’s financial position remained very sound, with a net worth of 1,564 million euros and current assets of 2,350 million § Productivity, measured as available seat kilometres (ASKs) per employee, rose by 3.9% in the year, and the fleet utilisation rose by 4.3% to an average of 10 hours per aircraft/day
10.12.2008	IBERIA CERTIFIES A HANGAR FOR PAINTING NEW AND OVERHAULED AIRCRAFT .. • The new facilities, its equipment, as well as the special paint use in it are more friendly to the environment and the employees • First in line for paint jobs are Saudi Arabian and Ural Airlines planes
30.09.2008	SR TECHNICS AND IBERIA MAINTENANCE CONCLUDE RECIPROCAL ENGINE AND COMPONENT SERVICES AGREEMENTS..
30.09.2008	AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN MADRID.. Most important congress and trade fair of its kind, attended by 134 of the world’s airlines and more than 3,000 people  Organised by Aviation Week and Iberia  On Wednesday, September 24, at 9:45 h, Iberia's chairman will make a presentation, and  At 11:00 h the manager of Iberia's Maintenance and Engineering Division and the chairman of the Gestair Group will meet with journalists to inform them about a joint project
24.09.2008	GE AND IBERIA SIGN MOU FOR SERVICES AGREEMENT..