Iberia cabin crew salary tables 2025: what changes

Key data

The final salary tables for cabin crew of Iberia Operadora for the 2025 fiscal year are already registered and published. The General Labor Directorate issued the resolution on May 11, 2026, published in the BOE on May 25, 2026 with reference BOE-A-2026-11283.

The critical point for Iberia Operadora's HR and payroll department: the effects are retroactive to January 1, 2025. This means that if provisional tables were applied during 2025, it is now mandatory to review whether differences exist and pay them.

What does this regulation establish?

The resolution registers and publishes the final revision record of the remuneration agreed in the XVIII Collective Agreement of Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA Operadora for its cabin crew. The updated concepts are:

• Base salaries for the different categories of cabin crew
• Remuneration supplements and other economic concepts agreed in the collective agreement

This is a final revision, which has a direct implication: any provisional table that may have been applied during 2025 is replaced by these tables. This is not a future update, but the final determination effective from the beginning of the fiscal year.

The resolution is issued by the General Labor Directorate, which acts as the registering and publishing body of the agreement reached between Iberia Operadora and the cabin crew representatives.

Economic and operational impact

The economic impact depends on whether Iberia Operadora applied provisional tables during 2025 that were lower than those now set as final. In that case, the company must calculate and pay the accumulated salary differences from January 1, 2025.

From an operational perspective, payroll teams must:

• Compare the provisional tables applied in 2025 with the final tables now published
• Calculate the differences per employee and category for the entire 2025 fiscal year
• Manage the payment of arrears if differences exist in favor of workers
• Update payroll systems to reflect the final values in the remaining months of 2025 and beyond

The risk of not acting is twofold: individual labor claims from crew members who have not received the correct remuneration, and administrative sanctions for non-compliance with the registered collective agreement.

Who does it affect?

• Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA Operadora: obligated to apply the final tables and regularize differences from January 1, 2025
• Cabin crew of Iberia Operadora: workers entitled to receive the remuneration set in the final tables of the XVIII Collective Agreement
• HR and payroll departments of Iberia Operadora: responsible for reviewing, calculating and applying the tables
• Labor advisors and management firms providing services to Iberia Operadora in payroll and labor relations matters

Practical example

A cabin crew member of Iberia Operadora who throughout 2025 has received their monthly remuneration calculated on provisional tables is entitled to receive the difference between what was paid and what the final tables now published establish.

If the final tables set a base salary or supplement higher than the provisional one applied, Iberia Operadora must pay that difference for each month elapsed since January 2025. For example, if the difference were 50 euros monthly in some remuneration concept, a crew member who has been active for 12 months would be entitled to receive 600 euros in arrears, plus the correction in the remaining months of the fiscal year.

The resolution does not specify the exact amount of the tables in the text published in the BOE, so to know the exact figures it is necessary to consult the complete document in the BOE.

What should companies do now?

1. Obtain the final tables published: Download the complete document of resolution BOE-A-2026-11283 to have the exact values of base salaries and supplements.
2. Compare with provisional tables applied in 2025: Review which tables were used in payroll from January 2025 and detect if there are differences with those now published as final.
3. Calculate arrears per employee and category: For each cabin crew member, calculate the accumulated monthly difference from January 2025 to the date of application of the final tables.
4. Pay the differences in the next possible payroll: Include the calculated arrears in the nearest payment to avoid labor claims.
5. Update payroll systems: Enter the final values in the system so that future payrolls correctly reflect the XVIII Collective Agreement tables.
6. Document the process: Keep a record of the difference calculation and arrears payment as evidence of compliance in case of inspection or claim.