2 MAY 2011

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Stansted Airport figures drop

London’s Stansted Airport, the subject of a probable forced sale by owner BAA Ltd sometime later this year, is suffering badly from the economic downturn effect.  Well under 20m people are expected to use the airport in 2011, far short of the nearly 30m expected from predictions made earlier in this decade.  In the last quarter the number of passengers fell by 6.6%.

Passenger numbers for the quarter at Heathrow, also owned by BAA, grew to 15m compared with 14.6m last year, a rise of 2.5%.  Whilst BAA is suggesting not a lot of growth during 2011 the introduction of more Airbus A380s on routes to the Middle East and beyond, plus British Airway own plans for the aircraft, will see a rise in average seat capacity and probably numbers.  The opening of Terminal 5C shortly will also benefit the airport. www.baa.com

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