Level opts for base in Paris

IAG — which owns Aer Lingus and British Airways —chose Paris as a second base for its discount airline Level, which will offer transatlantic flights to destinations like New York and the Caribbean as carriers compete to lower prices on longer routes.

IAG — which owns Aer Lingus and British Airways —chose Paris as a second base for its discount airline Level, which will offer transatlantic flights to destinations like New York and the Caribbean as carriers compete to lower prices on longer routes.

Chief executive Willie Walsh unveiled the plan in the French capital, which won out over Rome for the designation. Level plans to start offering in the coming months one-way tickets from Paris to New York for €129 and to Montreal, Guadeloupe and Martinique for €99, he said.