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PAXboy
10th Feb 2008, 23:45
Headline in the UK broadsheet newspaper The Independent

By Danny Fortson, Business Correspondent
Monday, 11 February 2008

US Airways may launch legal action against BAA, the owner of Heathrow airport, over its inability to secure fuel supplies for a new service it plans to launch next month from the world's busiest airport.

Under the new Open Skies regime that throws transatlantic routes open to full competition for the first time from the end of March, a raft of airlines have unveiled plans for new Heathrow services. According to aviation industry sources, all but US Airways have signed deals with companies to refuel their planes at the world's busiest airport.



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