Iberia is owned by IAG (the United Kingdom, LSE: IAG), which acquired the brand on 21 January 2011.[1][2] Iberia was founded in 1927 in Madrid and was independent until 2011.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Iberia is the Spanish flag carrier and the dominant airline between Europe and Latin America, a network built on historical ties that gives the group a position no other European airline can match. IAG holds it, and the airline was privatised in 2001 after seventy years of state ownership before merging with British Airways a decade later.
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British Airways and Iberia merged to form International Consolidated Airlines Group, registered in Spain and headquartered in London. Both airlines kept their names, brands and operating certificates, so passengers saw no change beyond the ownership.
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The parent company of Iberia is IAG, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Iberia originated in Spain in 1927, but it is owned today by IAG, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Iberia is a Spanish-origin brand under British ownership.
IAG completed its acquisition of Iberia on 21 January 2011, after announcing the deal on 8 April 2010.
Iberia was an independent company from its founding in 1927 in Madrid until IAG acquired it in 2011.
Yes. As of 8 September 2026, Iberia is still owned by IAG. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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