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Colin Matthews RSS feedAirports’ bleak winter as passenger numbers tumble
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Britain's airline recession is entering its second winter with passenger numbers still falling, latest figures show2009-11-10T08:21:16ZBAA ‘turns the corner’
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Airports operator BAA today declared the worst is over for the aviation industry despite reporting widening losses2009-10-28T08:41:06ZGatwick to get second runway in £1.5bn sale
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Gatwick airport is set for a multi-million pound makeover after it was sold for £1.5 billion2009-10-21T07:34:49ZGatwick to get second runway in £1.5bn sale
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Airport operator BAA will sell Gatwick for £1.5 billion pounds to Global Infrastructure Partners, the owner of London City Airport2009-10-21T06:09:30ZPassenger numbers are still dropping says BAA
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There is no sign yet of a recovery in the airline industry, latest figures show as BAA report falling numbers with Stansted worst affected2009-10-08T07:51:32ZBusiest August on record for Heathrow
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2009-09-10T13:04:07ZAttention Gatwick fliers: you are now entering limbo
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BAA’s compulsory sale of London’s second airport under competition rules has stalled — and the delay means conditions for travellers are getting even worse2009-07-31T08:08:41ZMore pain for debt-hit BAA as travellers cut back on flying
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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 ballooned2009-07-29T08:04:09ZLord Mandelson: let the universities decide
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Lord Mandelson has stated that it is up to universities, not the Government, to decide which students they admit.2009-07-29T08:08:59ZBAA losses soar as flyers keep their feet on the ground
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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 up2009-05-05T08:21:58ZNMC Songbook's tuneful celebration of the best of the new
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As anybody interested in British contemporary music will testify, the NMC record label is indispensable2009-04-01T23:00:00ZFresh take from Nash Ensemble
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The latest in the Nash Ensemble's periodic concerts devoted to new works brought no fewer than five world or UK premieres.2009-03-06T00:00:00ZBAA dives £1.3bn into the red as its airports struggle
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<strong>Aviation: </strong> The crisis at London’s airports saw BAA slump £1.3 billion into the red last year with its underlying performance crashing by 23%2009-02-25T09:12:42ZWho's in and who's out
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2009-01-19T08:42:46ZRunway protesters in battle to halt Heathrow
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Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to descend on Heathrow tonight in protest at the expected go-ahead for a third runway2009-01-12T09:33:41ZPlaymate, witch and now eco warrior trying to shut down Heathrow
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One of the organisers of a mass protest trying to shut down a Heathrow terminal is a former soft-porn model turned witch2009-01-09T09:30:57ZBAA backing for green Heathrow watchdog
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Heahtrow operator BAA opened a new front in its battle for a third runway by proposing an environmental watchdog to cap flight numbers in future2008-11-26T14:11:27ZBranson to bid as Gatwick is put up for sale at £2 billion
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Gatwick airport has been put up for sale for an estimated £2 billion2008-09-17T08:34:34ZTerminal 5 braces itself for the great summer getaway
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Last April we sent a reporter to Heathrow to investigate the disastrous opening of its new terminus. Here he returns to find out if it will cope with this weekend's exodus2008-07-21T07:45:38Z1,000 bags are still going missing every day at T5
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The full catalogue of errors that led to the shambolic opening of Heathrow's new £4.3billion Terminal 5 can be revealed2008-07-10T08:40:44ZComment: Lost luggage
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As the holiday season approaches its peak, the airlines once again show their least attractive side to passengers by failing to reunite them with their luggage when they reach their destination2008-07-10T08:37:07ZAir chiefs tell Cameron: Heathrow must expand
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The political row over Heathrow has intensified as two of the air industry's biggest figures turned their guns on David Cameron for opposing expansion2008-06-26T08:02:51ZBAA boss: We deeply regret T5 errors
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The new BAA boss has admitted that "mistakes" led to years of chaos at Heathrow culminating in the Terminal Five fiasco2008-06-25T10:41:16ZComment: Heathrow: now for new ideas
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The new chief executive of BAA, Colin Matthews, has a hard task ahead of him as he sets out the case for a third runway at Heathrow2008-06-25T08:33:15ZWe weren't ready to open Terminal 5 admit BA bosses
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British Airways bosses admit the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 should have been delayed because building work and testing had not been completed2008-05-07T15:26:01ZCool fixer who must engineer BAA out of trouble at T5
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Colin Matthews has been keeping his head down over Heathrow, but BAA's chief executive will have to face his critics soon2008-04-16T11:24:42ZModern masters show their style
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Any doubts that contemporary British music is alive and well would have been reassured by the indispensable Nash Ensemble.2008-03-13T00:00:00ZWho's in and who's out
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2008-03-03T08:56:31ZBAA boss quits on eve of Heathrow T5 opening
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The boss of airports operator BAA - which runs Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - has quit amid a growing crisis at the company2008-02-27T09:55:12ZRattle brings new fire to Philharmonic
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Rumblings of discontent in the German media concerning Simon Rattle's stewardship of the Berlin Philharmonic can safely be discounted.2006-09-03T23:00:00Z