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Air passenger numbers rise
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- 11 February 2011 09:42
The number of passengers handled at BAA's six UK airports rose 3.8% last month compared with January 2010, the company announced today.The January 2011 figures were boosted by a strong performance at Heathrow airport and by the fact that the January 2010 passenger numbers were affected by snow.A total of ...read more
Airline axes "unsustainable" route
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- 01 February 2011 09:36
BMI announced today that it is suspending flights between Glasgow and Heathrow.The airline said "a number of employees" are at risk of redundancy following the decision to withdraw its seven daily flights from March 27.The firm blamed an increase in BAA charges for domestic passengers, which it said makes the ...read more
Virgin refuses to pay landing fees in Heathrow row
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- 10 January 2011 09:44
Virgin Atlantic is to withhold some landing fees from Heathrow because of the chaos caused by the airport's shutdown last month.Sir Richard Branson's airline said it is not going to pay landing and parking charges due from January 1st until it sees the results of an internal inquiry into the ...read more
BAA slashes losses
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- 28 October 2010 09:36
Airport operator BAA has narrowed its pre-tax losses for the first three quarters from £784.7 million in 2009 to £192.6 million this year following a refinancing strategy and strong growth in passenger numbers.Revenues at the group's six UK airports increased from £1.48 billion in the first three quarters of last ...read more
BAA reports 100,000 fewer passengers in August
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- 13 September 2010 09:31
BAA has seen August traffic down 0.6% at 10.6 million passengers compared to 10.7 million last year. Air freight, however, rose by 13.7% year-on-year.BAA said 6.5 million passengers flew from Heathrow in August, 2.5% up on the same month a year ago, although passenger numbers fell by 6.1% at Stansted. ...read more
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