Airport owner decides not to appeal Competition Commission ruling
Airport owner BAA has decided to go ahead and sell Stansted airport and not appeal a ruling by the Competition Commission, which told it to make the sale.
In 2009 the Competition Commission ruled that BAA had to sell Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport. It duly sold Edinburgh airport.
But last month BAA lost an appeal to the Court of Appeal to overturn the decision on Stansted.
In a statement BAA said: 鈥淗aving carefully considered the Court of Appeal鈥檚 recent ruling, BAA has decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court and is now proceeding with the sale of Stansted Airport.
鈥淲e still believe that the Competition Commission ruling fails to recognise that Stansted and Heathrow serve different markets.鈥�
The sale will leave BAA with Heathrow, Southampton, Aberdeen, and Glasgow airports.
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