The battle between the BAA and Competition Commission has been in the works since March 2009 and now has gone to court. But it seems BAA will keep Stansted, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports and won’t sell them.

The Competition Commission found the BAA’s almost monopolization of UK major airports wasn’t legitimate in terms of competition fairness and was bad for passengers. Therefore, the Competition Commission felt that BAA should sell three of their airports.

The latest appeals ruling has been in favour of BAA as a tribunal ruled on February 25th that the travel giant could keep the airports. To lodge another appeal will take months. However, Ryanair, who operates at Stansted airport, feels that in-between time the decision could deter future sales.

by Richard Armitage