Iberia - Flying The World

Iberia - Flying The World

Iberia has launched an innovative application, Fly Around the World (Vuela por el mundo), which enables users to make a simulated Iberia flight from their computer, as well as control an Iberia A330 aircraft on their desktop or laptop via their smartphone.

How it works: Aspiring pilots log on to flight.iberia.com from their desktop or laptop computer, then scan the QR code on the screen in order to synchronise with their smartphone or tablet device – which then serves as their controller (wearing earphones is also recommended).

Users then choose their destination and have a choice of eight exterior cameras to capture the action from various angles. Realism – clouds, sky, shadows, the purr of the engines in 3D audio – is ensured by the use of so-called webGL technology. Other features include sunrises and sunsets – the light changes with the time of day – and and realistic sound effects.

To make the experiemce more social, there is a feature for users to capture any frame of the flight to share on social media or download it as wallpaper.

According to Iberia, translating the actual flight experience to a web-browser required a high level of realism, with the main objective to give freedom of movement, with several cameras delivering the best possible angles of the aircraft in flight.

Fly Around the World is available in Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. Messages for the crew are in Spanish or English.