Southampton airport not to be sold
The Competition Comission has made the provisional decision not to recommend the sales of Southampton Airport by BAA, following its decision to force the sale of Gatwick Airport.
Flybe are among a number of parties who have expressed their dissatisfaction with this decision. The highly successful regional airline feels that the decision will not be enough to bring about a better deal for passengers and airlines in the south-east of England, predicting that BAA will continue to concentrate on to the detriment of the Southampton airport.
Mike Rutter, Flybe’s chief commercial officer, comments: “The Competition Commission have got it wrong on Southampton Airport.
Despite detailed evidence provided to them by Flybe, they have ignored the obvious fact BAA have for years given Southampton a poor deal in comparison to their other airports in the south-east.
“We are calling on the CC to revisit their findings, to actually undertake the research that they themselves admit is missing from their analysis and come back with a different answer in February when they publish their final report.”