heart bleeds for BAA

[expat]

BAA has warned that flight prices are likely to rise if competition authorities force the airport operator to relinquish monopoly control of air passenger travel in London and Scotland.

Hahahahaha! Pull the other one.

The OFT does not accept the airport operator's argument that investment is most efficiently carried out by a monopoly operator. It believes BAA has serious competition issues in London and lowland Scotland.

Or as Ryanair's O'Leary said, "Heathrow is a shambles which most passengers, if they could, would avoid at all costs."

And (of less consequence to many of you but dear to my heart), there are so few direct links to Scotland from outside the UK because SAA (owned by BAA) has ludicrously high landing charges in their Scottish airports unless you come from another BAA airport. I.e. shunt all the punters through LHR/LGW where they can spend more money in BAA territory.

[wendigo100]

I did a little contract with BAA during the summer.

[ratewhore]

Heathrow is 30 miles from home so it makes sense to go there. Having flown from Manchester, I'd rather use a quieter airport like that though...

[DodgyAgent]

I did a little contract with BAA during the summer.

No wonder it so inefficient !

[Spacecadet]

I'm still shocked regularly at how badly run UK airports are. Always huge queues at check in. A generally high level of dirt, food areas with uncleared tables and massive massive queues at security (even worse since the bomb threats)

Strangely get none of these at the foreign airports when returning to blighty

[Cliphead]

I'm still shocked regularly at how badly run UK airports are. Always huge queues at check in. A generally high level of dirt, food areas with uncleared tables and massive massive queues at security (even worse since the bomb threats)

Strangely get none of these at the foreign airports when returning to blighty

Only noticed that at English airports...

[expat]

I'm still shocked regularly at how badly run UK airports are. Always huge queues at check in. A generally high level of dirt, food areas with uncleared tables and massive massive queues at security (even worse since the bomb threats)

Strangely get none of these at the foreign airports when returning to blighty

I go LHR-Frankfurt every week. There's always at least 1 thing not working. And it's always on the British side.

[Spacecadet]

Only noticed that at English airports...

to be fair i've never been to a scottish or welsh airport

[Troll]

to be fair i've never been to a scottish or welsh airport

Do they still stop and point at planes in the sky in Scotland?

[Churchill]

I can personally recommend the airport on Fairwood Common...

Back to your RAF years, eh Zeity? Bloody hell, you are old!