BAA 'to be allowed to pick which airport to sell'
15.03.09
The Competition Commission is to give BAA a choice of which Scottish airport it will sell when it delivers its final report on the company's future this week, the Scotland on Sunday reports. The newspaper says that the Commission is expected to confirm that Stansted, Gatwick and either Glasgow or Edinburgh Airport must be sold to improve competitive pressures in the industry.
The Commission's report is expected to echo its earlier criticisms of BAA, saying that the group's monopoly ownership of the three biggest London airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, and the two biggest Scottish airports is harmful to competition.
However, the newspaper reports that BAA is confident it has persuaded the Commission to let it make a decision on which airport to sell in Scotland. It says that Spanish officials visited Scotland in the summer and have decided that Glasgow would go. In recent years the airport has not performed as well as Edinburgh, which is seen to have better earnings potential as it is more focused on scheduled services.
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