Iberia brings its A330s to Rome and Milan. All the ways to fly widebody from Italy to Europe.

Flying aboard wide-body aircraft, even within Europe, is a superior travel experience.

Because the cabin is wider, because there is the entertainment system at each seat, and because, for those traveling in Business Class, the seat is that of long-haul flights, i.e. lie-flat, with wider seat and larger IFE screen. In short, A whole different sauce than the bland 'Eurobusiness' that all companies offer on narrow-body aircraft for intra-European routes (with the exception of the ITA Airways' Airbus A321neo).

Thus, it can only be welcomed with enthusiasm Iberia's decision to bring its Airbus A330-200s to Rome and Milan during the upcoming Summer 2026. Although these will be fleeting appearances.

Between Madrid and Rome, in fact, the A330-200 will operate. only Four times in the week between March 31 and April 5 on the rotation that will take off from the Spanish capital at 4 p.m. and arrive in the Italian capital at 6:30 p.m. and then depart Fiumicino at 7:40 p.m. arriving in Barajas at 10:15 p.m.

At Malpensa, the operation has only one weekly rotation, on Sundays, albeit over a much longer period, June 7 to September 27. To board the A330, it will be necessary to choose the flight that leaves Madrid at 4 p.m. to arrive in Malpensa at 6:15 p.m. and on the one that is scheduled from Milan at 7:35 p.m. with arrival in Madrid at 10 p.m.

Iberia's A330-200s are outfitted in two classes with 19 seats in Business Class (1-2-1) and 269 in Economy (2-4-2). In Business, passengers have lie-flat seats with 20-inch (51cm) seating and a 15.4-inch IFE screen. In Economy 31 inches (79cm) of space between rows of seats, an 18-inch (46cm) seat and a 9-inch individual screen (small, but better than nothing...).

It had not been since the 1980s and 1990s, when it had Airbus A300s in its fleet, that the Iberian carrier served Italy's two largest airports with a wide-body aircraft.

Malpensa is the Italian airport from which most intra-European flights operated by widebody depart: waiting for Iberia's A330-200s, you can fly fifth freedom to Barcelona every day on a Singapore Airlines A350-900 and to Zurich on an Ethiopian Airlines A350-900.

In addition to this, there are two of the four daily connections between the Varese airport and Istanbul operated by Turkish Airlines, the morning one at 11:10 a.m. and the evening one at 6:40 p.m, Who often employ wide-body aircraft. For example, in the week between December 1 and 8, the 11:10 a.m. flight was operated twice by A321neo, three times by A330-300, once with A350-900 and once with Boeing 777-300ER; the 6:40 p.m. flight was entrusted in four days to a A330-300.

A similar thing happens on Turkish flights between Rome and Istanbul. Also during the week between December 1 and 8, the 11:15 a.m. flight from Fiumicino was entrusted on five occasions to the A330-300 and A330-200, while the one departing at 7:55 p.m. saw two operating A330-300 and a 777-300ER.