British Airways has announced its first flights from Stansted Airport, with all the summer sun destinations fully booked for this weekend.
Holiday travellers have a choice of four popular summer destinations – Faro in Portugal and Malaga, Palma and Ibiza in Spain from Saturday, with flights to Berlin launching in June. In addition, the frequency of flights to Malaga has been doubled to two flights every Saturday during August to meet customer demand. Fares start from £49 each way based on a return fare with hand baggage only, inclusive of all taxes, fees and charges.
Luke Hayhoe, British Airways’ general manager commercial and customer at BA CityFlyer, said: ‘This is a great start to our Stansted operation with customers quick to book our inclusive competitive fares with an excellent schedule and the choice of some of the most popular summer destinations.
‘We are really looking forward to working with Stansted and giving our customers the choice of flying with British Airways from a fourth London Airport.’
Andrew Cowan, Stansted’s CEO, said: ‘We’re absolutely delighted that every seat on the first ever British Airways flights from Stansted completely sold out this weekend. We were confident these new services to Faro, Malaga, Palma and Ibiza would prove popular with passengers and this really positive start is a clear demonstration of the strength of demand that exists across the region.
‘We now look forward to welcoming the addition of a new Berlin service next month and working closely with British Airways over the summer to build on this strong start and ensuring these exciting new flights continue to be a great success.’
British Airways is operating from Stansted for the first time – the fourth London airport on its network with the summer-only services running until the end of October. Currently the airline operates from the three other major London Airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and London City.
The Stansted flights are operated by the wholly owned British Airways subsidiary BA CityFlyer on 98-seat Embraer 190 jets. All British Airways flights include a choice of two cabins, Club Europe and Euro Traveller, free on line check-in 24 hours before departure and no debit card charges.
