StGermain: not sure what point you are trying to make. BAA for the large part owned both LGW and LHR alongside SOU so pumping money into It was always going to be counter productive. I suspect as much as anything it was a strategic purchase to stop someone else coming along and creating a sizeable operation out of SOU. I admit I have not done any research to back that claim up however. Its a case of speculate to accumulate but unfortunately SOU has never had the privilege of having an owner with the balls or the foresight to make it happen. I have no doubt that if they made the investment, U2 would create a sizeable base out of SOU.