Is Iberia Business Class Really That Bad? (A330 Flight Review) 

I’ve just booked this exact flight as the start of a LHR-MAD-DOH-SIN return in August, so I appreciate having some insight before I travel. Always appreciate your balanced view, and despite perhaps needing a bit of TLC, the experience you had definitely didn’t seem as bad as some make out. 👍🏼

I fly from NYC to MAD ever second month and always prefer Iberia. The business cabin is surprisingly bland, but the seats are comfortable and the soft product is unquestionably the best on the route.

Yes, lucky enough to have flown on Concord twice. In 2000, shortly before the fatal crash in France. It was an amazing experience. You really felt the take off, the cabin walls were very warm to touch, and I saw the curvature of the earth fleetingly. 3 hrs and 5 mins to New York. Food and service exceptional as were the gifts. Everyone received a concord stationary pack by Smithson and on my 2nd flight I received a passport friendly travel wallet embossed with Concord which I still use. Tiny cabin really quite cramped and I think its amazing that nothing has superceded Concord. I knew it was heading for oblivion really as it was old and in a way the shocking crash sped up the demise of the plane, economically I believe it had to be 2/3rds full of full fare pax to break even. But nonetheless just a brilliant experience. Back to reality, your food on Iberia club flight looked better than ive had recently on BA club Europe which seems to have been really downgraded this year.

I did economy class on Iberia from LHR to Madrid last year. Don't remember seeing the flat bed seats, from memory it was the usual three seats with the middle one empty.

The hard product looks a bit dated on the A330. I think the A350 would have offered a more pleasant seat and cabin. The soft product looks pretty good in my opinion, certainty better than BA on this route. It is inexcusable that they run out of Cava though and didn't proactively offer you another drink. I'd be a bit wary of booking an IB longhaul flight on the A330 after watching this, but would fly European shorthaul for the novelty of a widebody on a 2.5hour flight.