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At the gate, I was among the first passengers to board flight BA7055 departing at 10:50 on 23 April, operated by BA's Spanish partner carrier Iberia, as I was in row six.

When we see heat records challenged in the UK, there is often an influence of air coming from Iberia or north Africa involved.

Iberia, Spain's national airline confirmed on X that despite the widespread power outage its systems were "operating at 100%".

The meandering jet stream across the UK has also been responsible for sending low pressure systems towards the Canaries and Iberia which by contrast have seen some stormy weather.

The list of the top 10 most on-time global airlines was dominated by carriers outside of the U.S., including Qatar Airways and Spanish airline Iberia.