1 AUGUST 2011

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BAA may challenge the Competition Commission

BAA’s legal people may be feeling overworked with Chief Executive Colin Matthews indicating that it might challenge the UK’s Competition Commission ruling forcing it to sell Stansted Airport, and its erstwhile client carrier, Ryanair, saying that it has instructed its lawyers to file a complaint for overcharging.

"The natural place for us to appeal (against) the ruling would be to the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and we have until September 19 to do that," he said.  "We won't wait until the last minute but we have some more work to do to scrutinise the report in more detail but as soon as we're done we'll get on with it."

Matthews also refused to rule out taking the matter to the Court of Human Rights if a judicial review fails.

In another development Ryanair, the world’s most annoying airline, is putting its dispute over BAA charges to Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority, not the actual airport, making clear that the figures supplied by the operator are over stated.  The airline, which represents 67% of all Stansted traffic, noted in a press release that its complaint is regarding what it calls BAA’s “monopoly position.”  It is the only carrier on the majority of its routes. www.baa.com www.ryanair.com

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