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BAA to sell Stansted Airport after dropping legal appeal

The sale of Stansted is part of a drive by Britain’s competition regulator to loosen BAA’s grip on the UK airports market.

The sale of Stansted is part of a drive by Britain’s competition regulator to loosen BAA’s grip on the UK airports market.

Airport operator BAA yesterday said it would proceed with the sale of London’s Stansted Airport after deciding not to challenge a Competition Commission ruling forcing it to sell the airport.

BAA’s challenge to the CC ruling was rejected by Britain’s Court of Appeal last month and it was expected to take the case to Britain’s Supreme Court.

“Having carefully considered the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling, BAA has decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court and is now proceeding with the sale of Stansted Airport,” BAA said in a statement.

The sale of Stansted, which handled 18 million passengers last year, is part of a drive by Britain’s competition regulator to loosen BAA’s grip on the UK airports market.

Single-runway Stansted, predominantly a low-cost leisure and holiday airport, is based 50 kilometres northeast of central London and is the fourth busiest airport in the UK.

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