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The British Airports Authority says that it will now appeal against the decision made by the Competition Commission to sell three of its airports. The British Airports Authority had said that they were only going to appeal if the selling of the airports did not seem favorable. After getting many bids that were well below what they wanted, they have chosen to appeal against the decision.
The airport company, which is a subsidiary of Spanish conglomerate Ferrovial, said that the report from the Competition Commission was affected by “apparent bias.” They went on to say that this is due to the [...]

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The airports located in the UK are set for a huge shake up. The Competition Commission has confirmed that the British Airports Authority must sell three of their airports. Among the airports that must be sold will be Gatwick and Stansted airports. On top of that, the British Airports Authority must also sell either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport.
This decision has been a long time coming, and the Competition Commission says that it needs to be done to improve flying experiences, as well as to break up the monopoly over Britain’s most used airports. The decision came after the completion of [...]

Concerns that the current economic crisis would mean that holidaymakers would stay at home during the Christmas season were confirmed when the British Airports Authority, the largest airport operator in Britain, reported that their passenger numbers dropped by 6.9% during the month of December in comparison to last year.
The Gatwick Airport saw the biggest fall in traffic, where it fell by 13.8%, which is partly due to the move of some of the airport’s transatlantic flights to the London Heathrow Airport, along with the collapse of Zoom Airlines, which dealt specifically with North American services. The Stansted Airport witnessed [...]

Gatwick Airport could possibly see a second runway expansion rather than Stansted Airport or Heathrow Airport with secret plans being created by the companies who are bidding to purchase the second biggest airport in Britain. On Wednesday of last week, the Competition Commission supported the idea effectively, calling on the government to change their aviation policy. Their statement threatens to reveal state policy during a period when the Cabinet is having a dispute over building a 3rd runway at the Heathrow Airport.
If Gatwick Airport is to have an expansion, as many as 300 homes would be destroyed. [...]

The Competition Commission said yesterday that the British Airports Authority should be made to sell two more of their airports in the United Kingdom, one in London along with Gatwick Airport and another in Scotland. Pending a final decision to occur in March, they believe that they should have to sell Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport in London, as well as Edinburgh Airport in Scotland. They didn’t set a timetable for the sale of the properties as of yet.
Colin Matthews, the Chief Executive of the British Airports Authority, said that they will continue to fight the forced sale. [...]

The British Airports Authority has been warned by the Civil Aviation Authority that they may face more fines if they fail to increase the level of customer service at the Stansted Airport in London. The Civil Aviation Authority said that they are acting on the finding by the Competition Commission that the service performance of the airport has been unacceptably low at times during the last 5 years.
The British Airports Authority has already been given nearly £8 million in fines during the year after missing targets set for service, as well as for landing fees, at the Gatwick Airport [...]

Investment groups have been formed in order to propose a bid for the London Gatwick Airport. The British Airports Authority has had the airport up for sale since a pre-ruling by the Competition Commission that their ownership of all 3 airports in London is not in the best interest of the public. The sale is said to reduce fees for carriers and passengers by bringing in more competition, but those airlines who use the airport anticipate an increase in fees no matter who is the owner.
3i, a private equity group, partnered with the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund, one [...]

easyJet has secured the approval of a judicial review by the High Court. The review will be of the regulatory processes that enable higher airport fees to be imposed at the Gatwick Airport.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom has let the British Airports Authority, the owner of Gatwick Airport, increase passenger changes by nearly 50%. This means that the charge being imposed per passenger on all carriers is going to reach £8.36 for the next 5 years.
The Civil Aviation Authority has stated that the move was motivated from the need for further investment into reducing queuing [...]

The Crossrail delivery, which is the east-west underground rail link proposed to improve the transport connections for the London Heathrow Airport, has made a big leap forward with the agreed investment of £230 million from the British Airports Authority to the project’s total £15.9 billion cost. In return for the investment, Crossrail has been promised to provided a minimum of 4 fast trains per hour for a majority of the day to connect the London Heathrow Airport with the City and beyond.
This deal will see that the United Kingdom airport operator of 7 airports, which is Spanish-controlled, becomes the [...]