Boston-Madrid nonstop service coming
Logan International Airport said this morning that nonstop service to Madrid will begin on May 6 on Spanish national airline Iberia.
Logan spokesman Phil Orlandella said the service will run five days a week on Airbus A340s, which typically carry about 320 passengers. Flights will leave Boston for Madrid at 6:40 p.m. Orlandella said it was not yet clear which five days the flights will operate.
Madrid will become the 35th nonstop international destination from Logan, whose operator, the Massachusetts Port Authority, has been working aggressively over the last year to expand international service.
Earlier this week Flyglobespan, a Scottish discount carrier, said it would begin twice-weekly service from Logan to Ireland West Airport in Knock, County Mayo, a city that has never had regularly scheduled trans-Atlantic service from Boston or any other U.S. cities. Iberia's website this morning did not yet list any nonstop flights from Boston to Madrid or fares.
(By Peter J. Howe, Globe staff)
