It was Richard Hickox who, with a characteristically ebullient phone call in 2008, just three days before his untimely death, commissioned Colin Matthews's latest piece from him... more
The boss of Heathrow admits he "couldn't guarantee" that Britain's biggest airport would be ready for the Olympics, but said: "You won't find me looking relaxed"... more
BAA is given just three months to start the sell-off process for London's third-largest airport, Stansted, after the Competition Commission rejects its final plea to be allowed to keep it... more
BAA chief executive Colin Matthews dismisses the idea that Heathrow's reputation was irrevocably damaged by snow chaos in December, despite a report condemning its poor preparation, communication failures and equipment shortages... more
The boss of Heathrow-owner BAA blasts another warning at the Government to avoid raising the controversial air passenger duties in this month's Budget... more
Colin Matthews, boss of BAA, predicts a two-tier recovery at the company's six UK airports, with Heathrow flourishing from growing business and long-haul travel, but other British sites being left behind... more
Heathrow chief executive Colin Matthews said today he would not take his bonus for 2010 as BAA admitted it would not be able to clear the huge backlog before Christmas... more
Business interview: Colin Matthews took charge at BAA just after the turbulence that was the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Since then his job has taken off…
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The boss of airport operator BAA pledges to continue its £1 billion-a-year investment in Heathrow, despite the coalition Government’s decision to scrap plans to build a third runway at the site... more
Airports operator BAA’s annual pre-tax loss widens by 154% as lower passenger numbers are compounded by a huge pension deficit and multi-million-pound hit from the sale of Gatwick... more
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
BAA plunged £316million into loss in the first three months of the year as passengers stopped flying and the group's interest payments on its £9.5 billion debt mountain racked up ... more
Heahtrow operator BAA opened a new front in its battle for a third runway by proposing an environmental watchdog to cap flight numbers in future... more
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