BAA wins part of appeal against airport sale ruling

Airport operator BAA today won part of its appeal against a Competition Commission (CC) ruling that it must sell three of its airports.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) today concluded “with the greatest reluctance” that a claim by BAA of “apparent bias” in the CC decision was successful.

However, BAA’s appeal on the grounds that the CC had not properly taken into account the effects the recession would have on the sale of the airports failed today.