and to Santo Domingo and Havana from April 1. "The [routes] we are dropping are the biggest loss makers, where we have no chance of turning a profit under current conditions," according to Iberia CEO Rafael Sánchez-Lozano. "Once we are able to restore competitiveness to the airline, we will carefully look at these routes to see if we can pick them up again." Announced last month by parent International Airlines Group as a means to restore the Spanish carrier's profitability,
the restructuring program will focus on "strategic and profitable routes where there is still growth potential," including additional services to London; Miami; Casablanca; Algiers; Dakar, Senegal; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; and certain destinations in Latin America. Iberia also intends to furnish new and existing long-haul aircraft with "all-new" economy and business class sections and develop new products and services to "build revenues," all while "cutting sales costs."