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BAA Announces Gatwick Airport Sell-Off

Source: Sky News
London : United Kingdom | about 1 month ago  
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In March, the Competition Commission ruled that the company would have to sell the airport within two years. The Commission also ordered BAA to sell Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh after it found competition problems at each of its seven UK airports.
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  • News Source: The Scotsman | about 1 month ago
    Ryanair yesterday backed the Competition Commission in rejecting claims by BAA that the inquiry which decreed the sale of Gatwick, Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports was flawed, writes Martin Flanagan. Daniel Jowell, instructed by...
  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    They may be mighty global hubs, but the aviation market in London and South-east England is way ahead of anywhere on the planet in scale and competition. British airline passengers began to feel the benefits of competition 32 years ago, when the...
  • News Source: The Independent | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: International Business Times | about 1 month ago
    Spain's Grupo Ferrovial, under pressure to reduce its dominance in UK airports, has agreed to sell London's Gatwick for a smaller-than-expected 1.51 billion pounds ($2.46 billion) to a consortium involving Credit Suisse and General Electric.
  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    It generates around 23,000 on-airport jobs and a further 13,000 indirect posts.
  • News Source: Independent | about 1 month ago
    Global Infrastructure Partners agreed to buy Gatwick airport for £1.51bn (€1.67bn) from Grupo Ferrovial SA’s BAA unit in a deal that would break up the largest UK airport group. The sale to Global Infrastructure, the fund that owns London’s...
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  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    British airport operator BAA Ltd. on Wednesday said it is selling London Gatwick airport to Global Infrastructure Partners for 1.51 billion pounds ($2.46 billion).
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    Airport operator BAA has agreed to sell Gatwick, Britain's second busiest airport, for 1.5 billion pounds (2.5 billion US dollars, 1.6 billion euros), the Financial Times reported. Citing people familiar with the matter, the FT reported ...
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    Gatwick Airport is the busiest single runway airport in the world and the second largest airport in the United Kingdom.
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    British airports operator BAA, controlled by Spain's Ferrovial, has agreed to sell Gatwick airport to Global Infrastructure Partners for 1.5 billion pounds.
  • Blog Source: www.flyafrica.info
    BAA will begin a 3-day appeal at the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday against the decision which forces them to sell off some of their airports. The hearing is not expected to affect the Gatwick sale. ...
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