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Ryanair Condemns BAA Monopoly

20-May-2009
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Ryanair Condemns BAA Monopoly

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Ryanair, the UK’s favourite passenger airline, condemned the BAA airport monopoly for its decision to appeal the Competition Commission’s recent pro-consumer decision to break up the BAA airport monopoly’s stranglehold on London’s airports.

 

Ryanair has been a long standing critic of the BAA airport monopoly, which has done enormous damage to air travel and tourism in Britain through its policy of high and excessive charges, building gold-plated facilities which its passengers don’t want or need, and then providing an abysmal passenger service which at many UK airports comprises long walks, excessive queuing at security and passport control and over-priced shops and restaurants.


Ryanair is concerned that this appeal by the BAA airport monopoly is just another attempt to delay the introduction of competition, better facilities, better service and lower prices for consumers. Ryanair believes that the BAA’s claim of “apparent bias” against the Competition Commission is laughable, and that its second claim which is that the Competition Commission “failed to take into account the adverse financial impact of introducing competition” is precisely the reason why competition is so desperately needed. The BAA airport monopoly in its appeal admits that competition will have an adverse financial impact, because they would prefer to continue as a monopoly ripping off airlines and passengers at its airports.



(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 20-May-09




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