London’s Stansted airport has attracted three final bids each worth about £1bn (€1.2bn), according to sources.

The company formerly known as BAA is being forced to sell Stansted airport in Essex, England.

Ryanair has been forced to withdraw from any bid for London’s third-busiest airport, Stansted, after being informed that Ferrovial, the airport’s owners, will exclude any bid including the Irish airline.

Ryanair has confirmed that 10 airline groups — among them IAG, Virgin and CityJet — have shown interest in forming a part of its “remedy package”, aimed at winning EU approval for its €694m takeover bid for Aer Lingus.

Ryanair has clarified that it is considering taking a stake in London’s Stansted Airport but is not actively pursuing a purchase.

Passenger numbers at leading UK airports were hit by what is being called the "Olympic effect" last month.

Ryanair is confident it can allay competition concerns about its latest bid for rival Aer Lingus, its CEO Michael O’Leary yesterday said, adding the budget airline was also seeking no more than a 25% stake in Stansted Airport.

Ryanair is planning on buying a stake in London’s Stansted Airport after competition authorities in the UK won a court case forcing the break-up of the BAA airport monopoly.

UK airport operator BAA is to give up its long legal battle over the forced sale of Stansted Airport.

Former Barclays deputy chairman Nigel Rudd has slammed MPs for a “completely unacceptable” attack on the bank’s embattled ex-boss Bob Diamond, it was reported today.

A Qatari government investment fund says it has reached a deal to buy 20% of the company that operates London’s Heathrow, Stansted and other British airports.

Ireland's boxing gold medal-winner Katie Taylor has boarded a flight from Heathrow on its way to Dublin Airport.

Airports are bracing themselves for an Olympic exodus with almost 200,000 people a day set to leave the capital after the end of Games.

Bosses of Heathrow are on their marks to cope with one of the busiest-ever days at the west London airport when thousands of athletes fly off after the end of the Olympics.

Ryanair is planning to buy a 25% stake in London’s third largest airport, Stansted, according to its deputy CEO, Michael Cawley, who said they were hoping to make a bid within months.

Ryanair, Europe’s biggest discount carrier, said it would cut a further eight routes at Edinburgh Airport after failing to reach an agreement on fees with the terminal’s owner BAA.

The UK’s busiest airport, Heathrow, saw 70 million passengers pass through its terminals in a 12-month period for the first time in March.

People are facing long delays at Heathrow this evening.

More than a fifth of flights departing from Heathrow Airport were delayed last year, operator BAA said today, although this was an improvement on snow-hit 2010.

Ryanair is cutting five routes out of Edinburgh Airport.

Heathrow Airport has announced it is building a special terminal just for Olympic athletes.

BRITAIN may build a £50 billion (€60.5bn) airport on the mudflats of the Thames estuary instead of expanding Heathrow as the government examines how to meet burgeoning demand for flights.

A snow-free end to 2011 helped BAA record a 4.4% increase in passengers at its six UK airports last year.

Plane arrivals and take-offs at Britain's two biggest airports were largely unaffected by today's strike.

BRITISH public sector workers went on strike from midnight in the bitter dispute over pensions, which union leaders warned had been made worse by measures in the autumn statement to curb pay and bring forward the state pension age.

A NATIONWIDE public sector strike in Britain next Wednesday threatens to paralyse operations at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport.

Next week’s public sector pensions strike in Britain could lead to “very long delays of up to 12 hours” for passengers arriving at Heathrow airport and “mass cancellations of departing aircraft”, airlines have been warned.

Irish company Surfbox is seeing great growth thanks to the ePrint app, says Mark Twomey

Low-cost airline Ryanair announced a jump in profits today but said passenger numbers will fall 10% this month as it grounds more planes this winter.

Airport operator BAA is to sell Edinburgh airport, the Spanish-owned company announced today.

Ryanair is to close its Dublin-Aberdeen route from the end of October.

The UK’s biggest airport, Heathrow, had its busiest-ever month in July 2011, it was announced today.

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.

British airport operator BAA must sell two of its UK airports, competition chiefs said today in a final ruling.

Construction group Morgan Sindall today revealed a foothold on the billion pound revamp of Gatwick Airport after it made a shortlist of firms appointed for the work.

HUNDREDS of thousands of British public sector workers went on strike to defend their pensions, causing widespread school closures in a major challenge to the year-old government.

Britain’s biggest airport, Heathrow, had its busiest-ever April last month, figures showed today.

BAA, the owner of London’s Heathrow and Stansted airports, said passenger numbers edged up by 0.6% in the period to 18.7 million in the three months to March.

Airport operator BAA will still have to sell two of its UK airports following a provisional ruling today by Britain's Competition Commission (CC).

THE boss of Heathrow, who admitted the airport was “overwhelmed” by the pre-Christmas snow, had a £151,000 (€175,000) pay rise in 2010.

The boss of Heathrow, who admitted the airport was “overwhelmed” by the pre-Christmas snow, had a £151,000 pay rise in 2010, it was revealed today.

Airports operator BAA said it delivered a “robust” financial performance in 2010 despite disruption caused by volcanic ash, strikes and snow.

BMI announced today that it is suspending flights between Glasgow and Heathrow.

One of Scotland’s main airports reopened today after overnight snow across many parts of the country forced its closure.