British Airways’ mum or dad firm, IAG, has astonished the aviation market by launching a brand new Vienna-based subsidiary airline with lower than three weeks’ discover earlier than flights start.
IAG’s new operation is known as Anisec. It is going to be branded as Degree – the identical because the group’s current long-haul funds operation.
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The transfer is seen as a problem to Laudamotion, an current Austrian airline through which Ryanair has a 75 per cent stake, and will set off a large fares battle.
Degree’s short-haul flights start on Tuesday 17 July. On that day flights between Gatwick and Vienna can be found at £23 every approach. Companies begin on the identical day between Vienna and Palma de Mallorca.

Over the following 4 weeks, flights from Vienna might be launched to 6 Spanish locations and three cities in Italy, in addition to Paris, Dubrovnik and Larnaca in Cyprus. The latter two routes supply connection alternatives for British travellers from Gatwick through Vienna.

The brand new airline makes use of Airbus A321 jets – larger planes than different low-cost carriers. They seat 210 passengers, in contrast with a most of 186 on easyJet and 189 on Ryanair.