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Spanish-owned BAA, bitterly criticised for its part in the Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) debacle, said it was merging its corporate and Heathrow executives and forming a new executive committee.

Heathrow's managing director, Mark Bullock, will join the new committee, which will also include a newly-created managing director who will be responsible for BAA's six other UK airports.

BAA chief executive Colin Matthews said the plan was to focus the new executive body - which will come into being on June 1 - more directly on daily operations at Heathrow and also allow the other airports to accelerate their progress.

Mr Matthews went on: "Before I joined BAA I believed that the key priority for passengers and the company was to make Heathrow work effectively as the UK's only global hub airport. Recent events at T5 have reinforced that view.

"The new executive team will now take direct responsibility for making that happen and we will simplify the management structure accordingly. Our intention is to provide direct, hands-on leadership on a daily basis."

He added: "We need to be more focused on our operations and this change will allow that to happen, as well as giving our other airports the freedom to develop faster.

"Only as we make Heathrow work more effectively will we earn the right to be heard on the wider issues that affect our business - the need for investment and the need to modernise the regulatory framework."