Editing London Stansted Airport (section)

=== Route development ===
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Long-haul scheduled services commenced in 1987 with a short lived service from the Scottish airline Highland Express to Newark Liberty International Airport via Prestwick Airport. In the early 1990s [[American Airlines]] operated a transatlantic service between Stansted and [[Chicago O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], but the route was unprofitable and was withdrawn in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrison |first=Michael |date=1 April 1993 |title=American Airlines to quit Stansted: Long haul carrier scraps Chicago service |work=The Independent |location=UK |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/american-airlines-to-quit-stansted-long-haul-carrier-scraps-chicago-service-1452654.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725221804/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/american-airlines-to-quit-stansted-long-haul-carrier-scraps-chicago-service-1452654.html |archive-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> [[Continental Airlines]] also operated services in the late 1990s from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], but this service was stopped shortly after the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Long-haul services to the United States returned in late 2005, when [[Eos Airlines]] and [[MAXjet Airways]] commenced all-business class services from Stansted to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]]. In 2006, MAXjet expanded their service with flights to [[Washington Dulles International Airport|Washington–Dulles]], [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], and [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]]. American Airlines began daily flights to Stansted in October 2007 from New York–JFK and was originally expected to operate a second daily flight from April 2008. However, because of the [[2000s energy crisis]], the [[2008 financial crisis]], and worsening credit environment at the time,<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2008 |title=Why Eos failed – Business Traveller – The leading magazine for frequent flyers |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/news/2008/04/27/why-eos-failed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130113029/https://www.businesstraveller.com/news/2008/04/27/why-eos-failed/ |archive-date=30 November 2018 |access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Press Association |date=24 December 2007 |title=MAXjet goes bankrupt |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/dec/24/maxjetbankrupt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902180813/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/dec/24/maxjetbankrupt |archive-date=2 September 2017 |access-date=2 September 2017 |via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 May 2008 |title=American Airlines Eliminates JFK-Stansted Service |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/american-airlines-eliminates-jfk-stansted-service-221052 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902185554/http://www.ibtimes.com/american-airlines-eliminates-jfk-stansted-service-221052 |archive-date=2 September 2017 |access-date=2 September 2017 |website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> all three services to the United States have since been discontinued following the demise of MAXjet Airways in December 2007 and Eos Airlines in April 2008. Finally, in July 2008, American Airlines withdrew from Stansted, alongside its services to [[Gatwick Airport|Gatwick]], and consolidated all operations at [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]].{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Long-haul transatlantic operations made a brief return to Stansted in June 2010, when [[Sun Country Airlines]] announced a seasonal weekly service from Stansted to [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]. The flights made a refuelling stopover in [[Gander International Airport|Gander]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] as the aircraft used for the flight, a [[Boeing 737-800]], would not be able to complete a nonstop westbound flight from Stansted to Minneapolis. The flights operated from 11 June to 15 August 2010. In 2011, Sun Country operated to Gatwick rather than Stansted and then discontinued flights due to the price involved in carrying fuel on long-haul flights. {{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}.
Long-haul services to Asia commenced in March 2009<ref>{{Cite news |title=Air Asia X launches flights between Stansted and KL – Business Traveller |language=en-GB |work=Business Traveller |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/news/2009/03/09/air-asia-x-launches-flights-between-stansted-and-kl/ |url-status=live |access-date=2018-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028073717/https://www.businesstraveller.com/news/2009/03/09/air-asia-x-launches-flights-between-stansted-and-kl/ |archive-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> with Malaysian low-cost airline [[AirAsia X]] providing direct flights to [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]]; however, on 24 October 2011, this service moved to [[Gatwick Airport]] before being later withdrawn completely. Low-cost airline [[Primera Air]] launched non-stop flights from Stansted to [[Boston Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]], [[Toronto Pearson Airport|Toronto-Pearson]] and [[Washington Dulles International Airport|Washington–Dulles]], until the collapse of the airline meant the discontinuation of the routes by 2018, leaving Stansted without transatlantic routes once more. In 2018, [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]] began operating daily flights to its hub at [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai-International]] using its [[Boeing 777-300ER]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emirates plans London Stansted launch in June 2018 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276320/emirates-plans-london-stansted-launch-in-june-2018/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Routes |language=en-GB}}</ref> The route has since increased to a twice daily service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spotters |first=Sebastián Polito-Vuelos y |date=2023-01-13 |title=Emirates increases flights to London Stansted |url=https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/01/emirates-increases-flights-to-london-stansted/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Aviacionline.com |language=es}}</ref>

The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] negatively impacted [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation|the aviation industry]], with Stansted Airport not being immune from the fallout. [[Ural Airlines]] (to [[Moscow Domodedovo Airport|Moscow–Domodedovo]]),{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Scandinavian Airlines]] (to [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAS adds Copenhagen – London Stansted service from April 2019 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/282844/sas-adds-copenhagen-london-stansted-service-from-april-2019/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Routes |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Air India]] (to [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport|Amritsar]] and [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]),{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Air Senegal]] (to [[Blaise Diagne International Airport|Dakar–Diass]])<ref name="routesonline.com">{{Cite web |title=El Al resumes London Stansted service in S20 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/289533/el-al-resumes-london-stansted-service-in-s20/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Routes |language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[El Al]] (to [[Ben Gurion Airport|Tel Aviv]]),<ref name="routesonline.com"/> were either scheduled to begin in 2020, or had recently began operation but have since not returned. Additionally, [[easyJet]], one of the largest operators at the airport at the time, announced the closure of their base at Stansted, which had more than two dozen routes and existed for more than a decade, in August 2020.<ref name="easy">{{cite web |date=17 August 2020 |title=Advice for easyJet customers |url=https://mediacentre.easyjet.com/story/14526/advice-for-easyjet-customers-due-to-fly-to-or-from-london-stansted-london-southend-and-newcastle-airports-from-1-september-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819164802/https://mediacentre.easyjet.com/story/14526/advice-for-easyjet-customers-due-to-fly-to-or-from-london-stansted-london-southend-and-newcastle-airports-from-1-september-2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |access-date=18 August 2020 |work=mediacentre.easyjet.com/story |publisher=EasyJet |quote=easyJet has confirmed that the closure of its bases at London Stansted, London Southend and Newcastle will go ahead following the completion of its collective consultation process.}}</ref>