Iberojet announces direct flights between Barcelona and Cuba.

The airline Iberojet, part of the Barceló Group, announced that it will operate direct flights between Josep Tarradellas Airport in Barcelona, Spain, and Abel Santamaria International Airport in Santa Clara, central Cuba.

This direct connection will be seasonal, available once a week, from June 25 to September 10, 2025.

The flight will be operated by an Airbus A330-900neo, with a capacity for 388 passengers and, according to the airline, marks a significant step forward in Iberojet's international expansion.

The information was first reported by the X Aeroinfo Barcelona-El Prat account and later confirmed by the specialized portal Preferente.

With this new route, Iberojet adds a total of four intercontinental connections from Barcelona, consolidating its position in the market. Currently, the airline already flies seasonally to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and Cancún (Mexico), in addition to maintaining a regular route to Tegucigalpa (Honduras).

In June 2024, Iberojet resumed its direct flights between Lisbon and Varadero. The operations for that season would last until October.

The airline announced in 2023 the cancellation of its routes to Havana and Santiago de Cuba due to low demand for flights to the island. However, in 2024, it resumed its operations in Varadero, being one of the most important destinations for tourism in the country.

Shortly after, in July 2024, Iberojet expanded its connections to Cuba by launching the summer route between Madrid and Santa Clara.

This weekly direct flight was scheduled to operate only until September 2024. The goal was to bring tourism to lesser-known destinations such as Cayo Santa María and Cienfuegos.

The announcement by Iberojet to resume flights from Spain to Cuba comes at a complicated time.

Tourism in the Caribbean country has experienced a notable decline in recent years due to factors such as the pandemic, internal economic crisis, poor quality of hotel services, and food shortages. All of this has contributed to the low international demand for the destination Cuba.