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

Today I’m flying Business Class on an Iberia A330. It’s an opportunity to try out the long haul hard product with the short haul soft product to see if Iberia Business Class is as bad as its reputation seems to be online.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro and BA Club Europe to Heathrow
01:02 Heathrow Lounge and Boarding
02:18 Seat Tour and Takeoff
06:33 Food and Drinks
07:57 Lie Flat Mode and Landing
09:52 Review

[red.guevarra]

Deserved a re-watch! On my upcoming holiday in Europe, I'll be filming this route in Business on their A350, as well as the short domestic Business on Air Europa's 787. I'm also re-watching your lounge crawl at Heathrow, for more inspiration. Should be fun!

[gunvaldsandhaland]

Its So Good To Have Real Business Class Lie Flat On A short Haul Fligth.Great Video

[mjrc]

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. 👍🏼

[northbankgooner]

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.

[Michael-wryy]

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 Tiny cabin really quite cramped and I think its amazing that nothing has superceded Concord.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.

[armychap]

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.

[paullewis]

The fact that Iberia offered a proper Business class product on this short haul would be winner for me even if it didn’t measure up to the best out there. Business class within Europe is a joke, it’s just economy (3rd class) with the middle seat blocked off and service of a mediocre meal. What I Iberia offer here should be standard on all European routes of 2 or more hours considering the price they charge,

[EduardoHernandez-vvey]

Great vid. I have a Business Class flight coming up on this very Aircraft. If you don't mind me asking, how long did it take to get through immigration and at what time did you arrive? A little worried I might have booked a tight connection flight. Thanks.

[Calvinl]

Hello
Im trying to book 2 business seats from the US to Madrid, however I have looked at 10 flights from different airports like JFK, BOS, ORD, and the seat chart only shows window seats as options. The middle 2 seats are not visible at all. Do you have any insight?

[eds.]

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.

[vtothegaintnothing]

So would you say that they are making false advertisement, because their website clearly states a flat bed of 1m98 for long hall flights ?

[Bacchusmbt]

Greetings from the US. After flying across the Atlantic on Iberia several times in all classes, I can safely say that I would much rather saw off my arms with a dull butter knife and use the bloody stumps to paddle in shark infested waters than ever fly Iberia again. Insanely rude flight attendants who clearly hate passengers, inedible food, lost luggage and uncaring customer service on the ground. Always. Every time. Never again.

[FranciscoCamino]

SkyTrax doesn’t seem to agree with the general anglosaxon bashing. 14th best airline in 2023. Not a fancy but better than most American airlines