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Gatwick owners look to the stars

London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

S new owners have gone into orbit in their hunt for a board for the London airport. They are understood to have hired James van Hoften, a former astronaut who runs the airports business of Bechtel, the American engineering giant. The new board is expected...

Tags: Global Infrastructure Partners, Gatwick, BAA, United Kingdom, London, Airport, McAuslan Brewing, British Airways, Bechtel, BAA Limited, London Gatwick Airport, James van Hoften

Eden architect gets nod for Heathrow

Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Eden Project architect risks green reputation over Heathrow contract Campaigners denounce Grimshaw's green credentials as 'laughable' as practice set to be named third runway designer From its opening in 2001, the Eden Project in Cornwall has come to...

Tags: Nicholas Grimshaw, Heathrow, eden project, UK Green Building Council, BAA, United Kingdom, Birmingham, Radical environmentalism, Heathrow Airport, Plane Stupid, London Heathrow Airport, BAA Limited, Civil disobedience, Action on climate change

BAA cuts its debt pile with sale of Gatwick for £1.5bn

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Michael McGhee, a GIP partner, said that people using the UK's second busiest airport could expect improvements. "We will upgrade and modernise Gatwick airport to transform the experience for both business and leisure passengers. "We plan to work closely...

Tags: Gatwick, BAA, GIP, London City

Gatwick sale expected to close within weeks

Welcome :: SC :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Gatwick, controlled by Ferrovial's British airports operator BAA, is London's second busiest airport and could fetch up to €1.8 billion. "We're in advanced talks with more than one interested party and if things pan out as hoped we expect a sale in the...

Tags: BAA, Gatwick, airport operator

BAA begins airports sale appeal

Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The Competition Commission ruled in March that BAA must sell Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh or Glasgow airports within two years. BAA will argue there was an "apparent bias" due to a link between a member of the ruling panel and an organisation interested...

Tags: Competition Commission, BAA, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow

Gatwick sale ready for take-off

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The new owner and operator of the airport will be Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a joint venture between Credit Suisse, the investment bank, and General Electric, the American industrial and financial-services conglomerate...The two sides have...

Tags: BAA, Heathrow, baa puts, tories opposition, Gatwick

Edinburgh fights back

Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

IT HAS looked like Edinburgh's annus horribilis. The city has reeled under the blows of crisis-struck banks, huge tramworks disruption and rubbish piling on the streets. But despite all its manifest problems, Edinburgh is fighting back and weathering...

Tags: Edinburgh, BAA

BAA expects rise in Heathrow passenger numbers

London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

BAA is expected to report a rise in July passenger numbers at Heathrow airport for the first time in three years tomorrow, reinforcing the group's claim that it does not need to sell Gatwick to meet a £1bn debt payment. Britain's largest airport owner...

Tags: BAA, Heathrow Terminal, passenger number, million passenger, Britain, Gatwick, busiest month

Number of travellers using UK airports declines

Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The number of air travellers using major UK airports declined to its lowest level for nine months in June, BAA said today. The airport operator said a total of 12.7 million passengers passed through its airports last month, a reduction of 5.9 per cent...

Tags: passenger number, BAA

Terminal 5 fliers hit by fresh chaos

London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 broke down again on one of the busiest weekends of the year. In the worst disruption since the complex's shambolic opening last year, passengers were unable to check in luggage for nearly four hours because of a problem with...

Tags: Heathrow Airport, BAA

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