BA used to fly to Santiago and Caracas. Has IB stolen those routes? Or are they just not profitable for BA any more? BA have been flying to JNB and MEX for years, with the same capacity and almost always full. The idea that BA are going to bump off high yield, point to point traffic in favour of low yield transfer traffic from Madrid is as ludicrous as the suggestion that Iberias cash is being transferred to BA. This simply boils down to IB employees seeking to blame anyone and anything else for their predicament. IB offer a low quality, high cost product in the European market and they've been eaten alive by the competition. In the long haul market they offer a low quality, high cost product and are being eaten alive by LAN, TAM, and other emergent carriers. If Spaniards want cheap indirect links to LatAm they can fly TAP or AF, both of whom serve those markets better than BA. The world has moved on, the consumer has more choice, the competition is tougher, there are no more state handouts and IB has simply failed to adapt. IB has hired no pilots in ten years, made no profit in five years. IAG is less than three years old. Whose fault are Iberias woes?