After a snowstorm the other night in Madrid, 70 aircraft were de-iced before proceeding to their scheduled flights - 35 percent more than the normal average this time of year....
26/01/2015
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When many of us are wee nippers, we stare up at the clouds in fascination at the various and multifarious fantastic forms simple water droplets are capable of creating in...
13/11/2014
As I discussed in my last post, knowing some of the basics of how flying works and how controlled it is can be of significant help in alleviating fears...
07/11/2014
(This post is the eighth in a series; for the seven preceding posts, see below.)
Well, here we are, finally at the current stage of our flight crew uniform design,...
29/08/2014
Seventh in a series (for the rest, see links below)
In 1989, Iberia management decided that not only was it time to update the flight crew uniform, but also to...
21/08/2014
As Spain and its society started changing more profoundly in the 1980s, it was time to update Iberia's flight crew wardrobe once again. And Elio Berhanyer, who'd been designing...
15/08/2014
Fourth in a series. (For the rest, see below.)
After the innovations of Manuel Pertegaz, in 1972 a new fashion guru took the reins at Iberia. Córdoba-born designer Elio Berhanyer would...
31/07/2014
Third in a series (see bottom for parts 1-2).
By the late 1960s, the decade had turned into one of great upheaval, with momentous events including the Prague Spring, France's tumultuous...
25/07/2014
2nd in a series
In 1954 Iberia decided to refresh the look of its flight crew uniforms, and they turned to Pedro Rodríguez, a Catalan designer originally from Valencia. Nothing...
18/07/2014
The first in a series.
Picture it: 1946. World War II had just come to a close, and the 21-year-old Iberia Airlines was launching its first transatlantic route between Madrid...
11/07/2014
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