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British Airways' Parent IAG Plans New Low-Cost, Long-Haul Flights from Barcelona

Brian Sumers

Photo Credit: International Airlines Group is planning to start low cost, long haul flights from Barcelona. But it is unlikely Vueling, which is based in Barcelona, will fly the routes.  Vueling / Vueling

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International Airlines Group likely has no choice but to try to take on Norwegian in London, Barcelona and elsewhere. The company likely learned its lesson from Ryanair and EasyJet.

In a bid to thwart discounter Norwegian Air, International Airlines Group, parent of British Airways and three other European airlines, plans to launch its own long-haul, low-cost haul flights from Barcelona starting in June. The news comes roughly four months after Norwegian announced its own expansion from Barcelona, with new flights to Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Newark Liberty and Oakland beginning in June. International Airlines Group, known as IAG, is sharing few details. But it said in a statement that it will start small, with only two Airbus A330 aircraft. It also said the low cost operation may fly to Los

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