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Stansted landing fees could triple
04 April 2006
BAA is planning to treble landing fees at Stansted to pay for a new £4 billion runway.
If the plan were successful the increased costs would in part fall on customers.
The airport operator has sent its plans to the Civil Aviation Authority for authorisation and any work, increasing passenger capacity in the south-east of England, would start in 2012.
However, the plans have come in for criticism from the airlines and Ryanair, Stansted's largest operator, has threatened legal action if the proposals get the thumbs up.
Jim Callaghan, Ryanair's head of regulatory affairs, said: "BAA's plans are massively, blatantly gold-plated. There is just no reason to build the type of facilities they are planning."
He added that it benefited BAA to spend as much money as possible and claimed that the plans were based on inaccurate passenger growth predictions.
Although BAA's other airports provide it with substantial profits, it cannot use these to fund improvements at Stansted, as government rules for the company mean improvements must be paid for from income, or debt, from each airport individually.
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If the plan were successful the increased costs would in part fall on customers.
The airport operator has sent its plans to the Civil Aviation Authority for authorisation and any work, increasing passenger capacity in the south-east of England, would start in 2012.
However, the plans have come in for criticism from the airlines and Ryanair, Stansted's largest operator, has threatened legal action if the proposals get the thumbs up.
Jim Callaghan, Ryanair's head of regulatory affairs, said: "BAA's plans are massively, blatantly gold-plated. There is just no reason to build the type of facilities they are planning."
He added that it benefited BAA to spend as much money as possible and claimed that the plans were based on inaccurate passenger growth predictions.
Although BAA's other airports provide it with substantial profits, it cannot use these to fund improvements at Stansted, as government rules for the company mean improvements must be paid for from income, or debt, from each airport individually.
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