British Airways Enters Ryanair's Back Yard With Stansted Flights
- IAG unit will serve three locations in Spain, one in Portugal
- Services will utilize jets idled at London City each weekend
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British Airways will start offering holiday flights from London Stansted airport, giving it a fourth base serving the U.K. capital and putting it in direct competition with Ryanair Holdings Plc.
BA’s CityFlyer arm will operate from Stansted to Faro in Portugal and Malaga, Palma and Ibiza in Spain at weekends from May 28 -- routes that are all offered by Ryanair. The services will use Embraer SA regional jets normally based at London City Airport, where noise curbs mean they’re banned from flying between 1 p.m. on Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday.