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Heathrow, Stansted to get £500m

13.11.09
Heathrow and Stansted airports were told today that they will be getting a massive £500 million injection of cash... more

BAA ‘turns the corner’

28.10.09
Airports operator BAA today declared the worst is over for the aviation industry despite reporting widening losses ... more

Passenger numbers are still dropping says BAA

08.10.09
There is no sign yet of a recovery in the airline industry, latest figures show as BAA report falling numbers with Stansted worst affected ... more

More pain for debt-hit BAA as travellers cut back on flying

29.07.09
Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports owner BAA slumped to a loss of £545 million in the first six months of the year, as recession-hit travellers cut back on trips and its pension fund deficit ballooned... more

No takers after Gatwick is forced to put itself on sale

16.07.09
The future of Gatwick has turned from the uncertain to the farcical after the forced sale of London’s second airport was derailed by news that no one wants to buy it ... more

Gatwick race hots up as City Airport bid rejected

19.05.09
The battle for Gatwick Airport intensified as it emerged that the owner of London City Airport had a £1.3 billion bid rejected... more

Gatwick gets ready for its new owner

27.04.09
Gatwick airport should get a new owner in the coming weeks as three bids went in for London’s second airport... more

Hoon held Madrid talks to 'build bridges' over BAA row

08.04.09
Geoff Hoon flew to Madrid for talks with the owners of Heathrow and Gatwick after they complained about Britain's competition watchdog... more

Canada pension funds eye UK airports

26.03.09
Canada's top pension funds are looking to invest in British airports after the breakup of Britain's BAA Plc, the world's biggest airport operator... more

BAA 'may only get £1.3bn for Gatwick'

23.03.09
Gatwick Airport could be worth as little as £1.33 billion, rather than the £2 billion-plus its owner BAA hoped to receive from auctioning it off ... more

Bad deal for the Spanish but they deserve some sympathy

25.02.09
Commentary: Little Englanders can be excused for sniggering at this cautionary tale of corporate comeuppance... more

BAA backs down over forced sale of Stansted

23.02.09
BAA is to agree to sell Stansted airport rather than take legal action to prevent the move, it emerged... more

Infrastructure group halts Gatwick bid

16.02.09
Aviation: A consortium comprising private equity group 3i's infrastructure arm and two Canadian pension schemes has pulled out of the bidding for London's Gatwick airport, a source briefed on the matter said... more

City Airport owner to bid for Gatwick

19.01.09
Aviation: The owner of City Airport today confirmed that it will lodge a bid for Gatwick ahead of tonight's deadline... more

BAA ordered to sell Gatwick and Stansted as the price of failure

17.12.08
BAA has been ordered to sell Gatwick and Stansted airports because of its history of poor service to passengers and airlines... more

BAA suffers £224m loss as passengers dive by 6%

18.11.08
Aviation: Britain's major airports have plunged into the red as latest passenger numbers reveal they are deep in recession... more

Time to act together on rates

07.10.08
A cut by the MPC acting on its own, though welcomed, would quickly be forgotten in the current market climate... more

Threat of legal bid over forced Gatwick sale

25.09.08
BAA is threatening to launch a legal challenge to the forced sale of Gatwick airport... more

Bidding war on way as BAA told to sell airports

20.08.08
The £5 billion auction of London's biggest airports unofficially got under way as BAA was told it must sell two out of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted to stop it having a monopoly... more

'150 die' in holiday jet crash

20.08.08
Up to 150 people are feared dead after a plane burst into flames during takeoff near Madrid... more

Next key steps in the sell-off saga

20.08.08
BAA has been under scrutiny from the regulators from June 2006, when Ferrovial bought it... more

Comment: BAA break-up is good for London

20.08.08
The Competition Commission has, as expected, said that the BAA airports monopoly must be broken... more

Bank's prices forecast proves just a mite out

14.08.08
The Bank of England looms over the City like a vast cheese-mould, full of economists, who are the mites in the cheese. This is not their best moment... more

'Passengers suffering under BAA monopoly'

12.08.08
Airline passengers are suffering delays and overcrowding because of BAA's stranglehold on London's airports, a damning watchdog's report says... more

Revenue set for shake-up as ex-BAA chief Clasper is brought in

24.06.08
The former boss of much-criticised Heathrow airports group BAA has been sent in to shake up an even more widely slated body - Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs... more

Money worries hit BAA plan

02.06.08
The refinancing of the BAA London airport monopoly remains uncertain after banks were called in to provide loans in an attempt to shore up a £10 billion debt restructuring... more

Comment: Aviation industry is under fire

11.03.08
The deal between the Civil Aviation Authority and airports operator BAA on landing charges is bad news for holidaymakers... more

BAA boss quits on eve of Heathrow T5 opening

27.02.08
The boss of airports operator BAA - which runs Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - has quit amid a growing crisis at the company... more

£700,000 for BAA boss ousted after 20 months

27.02.08
The boss of BAA - which runs Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - is set for an estimated £700,000 payoff after being ousted in a boardroom coup... more

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