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The control tower stands in the center of London Stansted Airport Ltd, operated by Manchester Airports Group Plc (MAG), in Stansted, U.K., on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. European airlines must manage intense competition on short-, medium- and long-haul routes, limiting profit gains even with lower fuel prices.Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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By Christopher Jasper

December 20, 2017 at 11:22 AM UTC

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London’s Stansted airport, best known as the biggest base of Ryanair Holdings Plc, will achieve its long-held ambition of expanding into long-haul flights with a major carrier next year after Mideast giant Emirates announced the opening of a route to Dubai.

Emirates, the world’s largest intercontinental airline, will commence daily services from the Persian Gulf sheikdom to Stansted starting next June using Boeing Co. 777-300ER jetliners, it said in a statement Wednesday.