By Reuters Staff
(Recasts with activity levels, details)
MADRID, May 20 (Reuters) - Iberia, the Spanish arm of IAG airline group, said on Thursday it expects to reach 60% of 2019 flying levels by July, as air travel starts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Iberia is currently flying at 40% of 2019 levels and expects to reach 50% next month, Iberia commercial director Maria Jesus Lopez Solas told reporters at the FITUR international tourism trade fair in Madrid.
Iberia’s chief executive, Javier Sanchez Prieto, said Spain needed to open up to the rest of the world, especially to Latin America, after months of restrictions to air traffic imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.