Court defeat for BAA over airport sell-off

A decision that could force airport operator BAA to comply with an order to sell three of its airports was restored by the Court of Appeal in the UK today.

The ruling has been welcomed by Ryanair Chief Executive Micheal O'Leary who said that a sale of Stansted and Glasgow airports would benefit travellers, and who also called for the Irish Government to break up the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and sell off many of its assets.