Stansted airlines welcome BAA break-up

19 March 2009

The Stansted Airline Consultative Committee (ACC), which represents airlines at Stansted, today (Thursday 19 March 2009), welcomed the Competition Commission’s decision to break up the BAA monopoly and looks forward to working with the new owners to develop traffic at Stansted.

ACC Chairman David O’Brien said today: “Passenger numbers at Stansted are in freefall, driven downwards by high airport charges and BAA monopoly indifference. The airlines can reverse this trend if new owners deliver what airlines and their passengers need - efficient facilities and lower costs.

“Under the discredited CAA regulatory regime of Dr Harry Bush, BAA produced unwanted and overpriced facilities with the inevitable consequences of collapsing traffic and loss of business. Prospective new owners should take note."