Iberia Express

The A320 seat was obviously quite new and leather. I found it too firm for my liking but as it was an exit row seat with good legroom, I decided to stay put. For a 4.5 hour flight to Gran Canaria, I found it got quite uncomfortable after only a short time in the air. By the time we landed, I was really feeling a pain in the derriere.

Flew Iberia Express from Berlin to Lisbon (route TXL-MAD-LIS) and back. Flights from Madrid to Berlin and back are often operated by Iberia Express and not Iberia. The airplane is new, in good shape and clean. If you fly economy there is nothing you get for free, even not a water, what is not nice on a 3 hour flight as Madrid is not around the corner for most of European cities. If you have a connection flight at MAD please make sure you've got enough time to catch it as transferring to T4S terminal of MAD airport takes time! Back to the plane. Non-reclinable seats are the major annoyance making you feeling like aboard easyjet. On a 3 hour flight that is nothing nice as well. Also flew Business Class with IB Express and seats in Business aren't reclinable as well.

Flew Iberia business class from Berlin to Madrid and back. The A321 was in good shape, clean, proper first impression. Both meals I had on those flights were excellent, although I changed from vegetarian to non-vegetarian on the flight back. That change wasn't a problem. Topping up drinks was no problem as well. The only annoyance was a non-reclinable seat. On a 3 hour flight it's not nice being not able to lean back. Rest was pretty ok.