Crunch time for BAA airport disposal?

[Joe Curry]

Looks like they will be finally instructed this week.

UK watchdog to force airport sale -report | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/27/baa-sale-idUSLDE72Q0AB20110327)

[kazzie]

Hope they Sell Glasgow :ok:

[Joe Curry]

IMHO either selling either EDI or GLA would allow greater competition in Scotland.
Selling STN would get the NIMBY's off BAA's backs, but who would want to buy STN given the pressure from the rich and powerful anti-expansion group. I'm surprised STN got built in the first place.

[CabinCrewe]

Yet your views elsewhere suggest a less indifferent opinion....

"Looks to me like a sole BAA interest at EDI will feed it the sort of
menu it has been lacking in the past.
Just imagine the shock waves when Scottish Airports PLC moves it's HQ
to Edinburgh?

Imagine also the shock waves as a new Abbotsinch owner starts laying
off staff?"

"Under new ownership. Long Haul will thrive at EDI.. IMHO"

"EDI would have separate owners ones who would not be show any protectionism for other Scottish branches"

"Because EDI does not have to be tied. It will compete under separate ownership"

"Imagine how much better EDI would fare if it had the same facilities
and lower charges"

"One can only project that EDI will go from strength to strength "

"A change of 'tied' management at EDI can only be good surely"

"EDI being more profitable and therefore worth more to a potential
buyer"

https://groups.google.com/group/alt.airports.uk.edinburgh/topics?hl=en

[Viscount812]

I'm surprised STN got built in the first place

I think the USAF saw it as a good idea. :ooh:

[Joe Curry]

"Under new ownership. Long Haul will thrive at EDI.. IMHO"

Perhaps Euro flights will also thrive at GLA? I fail to see why you posted a link to a usenet group that hardly highlights what you intended. FWIW, what did you intend? Independendent ownership of Scotland's central belt airports would lead to more healthy competition surely? Something the Competition Commission strived for. Would you prefer the Status Quo?

[Joe Curry]

I think the USAF saw it as a good idea.

I doubt the NIMBYs had moved in at that time.?

[wowzz]

All I can say is, that in the last year LGW has improved a great deal in terms of internal decoration, facilities etc. STN meanwhile is in a time-warp -stuck in the 80s.Ok, the shops are nice, but the passsenger facilities are not. The problem is - why should BAA spend any money on STN, knowing that in due course they will have to sell the airport?