Unite union airport workers have been offered a 2% pay rise, as well as a one-off payment of at least £500. This comes after hours of negotiations between the union and airport operator BAA, which operates the Heathrow,
The sale of London’s Gatwick Airport to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) was formally completed last Friday. GIP, which owns a 75 per cent share in London City Airport, paid BAA £1.51 billion for the UK’s second largest airport. The new owners of the airport have indicted plans to
Heathrow saw its third-busiest month on record in July as UK holidaymakers in droves headed overseas in search of warm and sunny weather. The UK’s largest airport handled 6.48 million passengers, which was a 0.9 per cent rise over the same month a year earlier. Airline industry experts attribute the rise,
www.baa.com UK airports operator BAA has indicated that as many as 270,000 passengers will pass through the main airports in Scotland this weekend, following the closing of schools for the summer. The numbers are expected to be lower than in recent years, however, as UK holidaymakers deal with the impact of the
www.baa.com For the first three months of this year, airports operator BAA has reported that its passenger numbers fell by 10 per cent. According to its first quarter figures, both Gatwick and Stansted airports experienced traffic declines of 14.6 per cent, year-on-year. Heathrow airport remained more resilient, with traffic down by 6.4
www.gatwickairport.com In March, the number of passengers passing through Gatwick Airport dropped off by 17.7 per cent, as the decline in demand for air travel continued to impact airports across Britain. The seven airports operated by BAA saw a total of 10.6 million passengers in March, which was down 11.6 per cent
www.caa.co.uk Last autumn, passengers using the two largest airports in Scotland experienced the shortest delays that were seen in more than five years, according to new figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). BAA Scotland, the operator of both Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, attributed the improved performance – at least partially
www.baa.com It is widely anticipated that airports operator BAA will appeal the forced sale of either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport announced by the UK Competition Commission on Thursday. In its final report on the BAA inquiry, the competition watchdog said the operator’s near-monopoly on the airport sector in Scotland needs to end
www.easyjet.com EasyJet’s chief executive has sharply criticized what he calls the "barmy" airport regulation system in Britain. Andy Harrison, the easyJet chief executive, said that he was astonished by the decision of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow BAA to increase airline charges at Gatwick airport by 50 per cent to
Heathrow airport has experienced its largest decline in passenger numbers since 2001, operator BAA has reported, as the airport owner continues to push for the construction of a third runway it says is needed in order to stay competitive with the international airports of Frankfurt, Madrid and Paris. The busiest of
UK airports operator BAA announced on Wednesday that Gatwick Airport was up for sale, beginning a process that it expected would become highly politically-charged as interest in the airport is expressed by investors backed by foreign government funds. The chief executive the largest airport owner in Britain, Colin Matthews, has commented
BAA, owner of seven UK airports, has responded formally to the report issued this past week by the UK Competition Commission, in which it was ordered to sell off three of its airports. The airports operator was told by the competition watchdog that it had to find new owners for two
Those who have been waiting for the break-up of UK airports owner BAA were pleased with the report of the Competition Commission this morning, proposing that the owner should be forced into selling three of its seven airports, constituting the biggest shake-up in the UK airline industry in many years. Its