Stansted Airport users welcome Competition Commission report
26.04.08
The Stansted Airline Consultative Committee (SACC) has welcomed the Competition Commission's emerging view report, which said that common ownership of London airports by BAA is bad for users.
The SACC says that the Competition Commission's views will not be a surprise to the millions of passengers who have been forced to endure long queues and 'overpriced appalling service' at BAA's London airports. It adds that BAA has 'ignored the interests of Stansted airport users, doubled charges in the last year, plans to build an over specified Taj Mahal, which will unnecessarily consume 800 acres of Essex countryside and double charges once more.'
David O'Brien, Chairman of the Stansted Airline Consultative Committee, said: ‘London airport users can confirm that regulation of BAA's London airports monopoly has failed them and that the BAA monopoly stands in the way of competition, efficient and timely airport investment in capacity and decent service levels.'
‘The SACC notes the comments of BAA's Chief Executive who claims that charges ‘must rise’ to increase capacity. This is dishonest monopoly speak. If Tesco were to apply the same arguments as BAA, a pint of milk would now cost £20.'
‘Members of the SACC, who compete with each other, have invested billions of dollars in aircraft purchases over the past 10 years and have delivered lower fares each year. Only a monopoly like BAA can take the ‘charges must rise’ approach to its customers and the SACC looks forward to the dismantling of this monopoly along with the introduction of effective regulation’.
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