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The issue of increasing GST may again be on the table. A tax review group is due to report back to the Government in December. Business correspondent Roger Kerr says there is no doubt the report will be about broadening the tax base...Business analyst...
Tags: Taihape, North Island, GST, passenger number, island town, kerr says, central north
The number of passengers travelling on international flights with Jetstar more than doubled from August last year, as the airline expands its lower cost budget brand to cope with the global economic downturn. While Jetstar's international passenger numbers...
Tags: Qantas, Jetstar, passenger number
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
Pre-tax losses at BAA 's London airports trebled to £545.7m as the group lost more than 4 million air passengers over the first half due to the recession. Britain's largest airport owner was pushed deeper into the red by over £400m of exceptional charges,...
Tags: BAA London, Heathrow Terminals, london airport, passenger number, Gatwick, Stansted, credit market
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
Last year, the airport saw a growth of 6.6 per cent in passenger numbers compared to 2007. The government aims to increase the capacity of the passenger capacity from the current 16 million to 80 million in 2035 when the phases of the project are complete.
Tags: Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport, passenger number
The full cost of BAA's debt refinancing was revealed today as the Spanish-owned UK airports operator said its interest payments had soared to £327 million in the first quarter. The operator of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted also revealed that passenger...
Tags: BAA, passenger number, Gatwick, airport operations, Heathrow, debt cost, London, Stansted
About 4.6 million fewer people flew in and out of the UK in 2008 than in 2007...The decline was particularly sharp at the end of the year, with passenger numbers dropping 8.9% in November and 7.9% in December, compared with 2007. The falls were expected...
Tags: air passenger, passenger number
BAA has said today that a fall in passenger numbers has hit profits in 2008. The company reported a massive drop in profits from £476 million in 2007 to £23m last year. However, the figure was affected by "exceptional costs", with adjusted profits declining...
Tags: BAA, passenger number, operating profits, airport operating, Gatwick, Heathrow
Edinburgh Airport declined at a faster rate in January than in previous months, figures from operator BAA showed today. Traffic at the airport declined by 5.8 per cent last month compared to January 2008, more than double the December decline of 2.5 per...
Tags: BAA, Edinburgh Airport, passenger number