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Spanish-Portuguese leisure airline, Iberojet, began flying between Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) in June 2024. The flights were operated with an Airbus A350-900 aircraft and were operated on behalf of Avoris and its Disney World tour operators. This summer, Iberojet is coming back with flights to four leisure destinations and it’s going to test the limits of how far a Boeing 737 MAX 8 can fly.
Iberojet schedules the 737 MAX 8 on transatlantic routes this summer:
• Madrid (MAD) to Orlando (MCO), La Romana (LRM), Punta Cana (PUJ)
• Barcelona (BCN) to Cancun (CUN), Punta Cana (PUJ)The longest is BCN-CUN at 5,228 miles and 11+ hours of block time. This might be a big… pic.twitter.com/YJuJRWCOx3
— Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) February 21, 2025
The new routes were first flagged by @IshrionA on X. These include:
- Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) to/from Cancún International Airport (CUN) (2x weekly; starts on June 23rd)
- Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) to/from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) (1x weekly; starts on June 24th)
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) to/from Orlando International Airport (MCO) (1x weekly; starts on June 21st)
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) to/from La Romana Casa De Campo International Airport (LRM) (1x weekly; starts on June 22nd)
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) to/from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) (2x weekly; ongoing)
Many of these flights will be operated by Iberojet’s Airbus A330-300 and Airbus A330-900 aircraft. Those can handle the distance of all of these flights without issue. Iberojet has plans to sub in a Boeing 737 MAX 8 on some days and those might be a problem as the airline is going to be pushing the theoretical maximum distance that the aircraft can fly. When you factor in things like wind, weather, ATC delays, and changes to routings, Iberojet might not be able to make those flights work.
Anthony’s Take: A flight time of almost nine hours is certainly the longest that a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has been pushed and we’ll have to wait and see what is possible. Ticket prices look affordable, so if one of these routes works for you than it might be worth takin a look.
(Featured Image Credit: Iberojet.)
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