Iberia Business post-COVID, Madrid Barajas - Paris Orly, Airbus A321: When will the meal return?

After a fast passage through the Plaza Mayor lounge, we head for our boarding gate to Orly.

Reminder of our itinerary:

#	Type	Review
1	Flight	Iberia Business, Paris Orly – Madrid Barajas, Airbus A320
2	Flight	Iberia Business, Madrid Barajas – Palma de Mallorca, Airbus A320
3	Hotel	The St. Regis Mallorca Mardavall
4	Flight	Air Europa Economy, Palma de Mallorca – Seville, Boeing 737
5	Hotel	Hotel Alfonso XIII Sevilla, a Luxury Collection Hotel (after Bertrand’s visit)
6	Train	Renfe Avant Turista, Seville-Cordoba
7	Train	Renfe AVE Turista Plus, Cordoba-Seville
8	Flight	Iberia Business, Seville – Madrid Barajas, Airbus A320
9	Lounge	Plaza Mayor Lounge, Madrid Barajas T4
10	Flight	Iberia Business, Madrid Barajas – Paris Orly, Airbus A321

Boarding

We arrive at the gate 10 minutes after the start of boarding, which doesn’t turn out to be very fast. There are still 25 rows to go before Business.

The distinctive architecture of Barajas T4

Here too, no priority boarding. So we wait quietly for rows 1 to 3 to be called.

Cabin and welcome

Nothing to say about the cabin, strictly identical on all Airbus medium-haul aircraft in the Iberia fleet. This aircraft too will be equipped with Wifi.

The welcome is also very warm, and we’re happy to meet up again. The purser will call us by our first names for the rest of the flight.

Service and catering

Meal trays and hot dishes are still not back on Iberia. Nevertheless, the quality of the box offered will be much better than on the outward journey, with an excellent chickpea salad, fougasse and chocolate mousse that won’t undermine Do&Co’s excellent reputation in catering.

A box of much better quality than on the outward journey

After opening, the box is quite appetizing.

Excellent chocolate mousse to finish the meal

Arrival and disembarkation

The plane will arrive a few minutes ahead of schedule… This is ADP, so the jetway will take more than 5 minutes to arrive, the immigration officers will be as unpleasant as ever, and baggage will take more than 30 minutes to be delivered.