Airline complains about charges

RYANAIR has filed a complaint with Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority and Competition Commission about the charges levied against airlines at BAA’s Stansted airport.

Ryanair said it wants BAA to revise the price cap at London Stansted airport. It also said BAA had overcharged airlines for the last five years and had inflated its costs and its regulated asset base.

“BAA Stansted’s regulatory accounts show numerous examples of unexplained costs being transferred to Stansted by BAA and Heathrow which inflates Stansted’s costs and understates Stansted’s profits, while boosting those of the BAA Group and Heathrow,” the company said in a statement.