Article: United Kingdom: JCDecaux and BAA agree to end [pounds sterling]500m (USD 759 million)airport ad deal.

Byline: rakshali03

The French outdoor advertising company JCDecaux and BAA have jointly agreed to terminate a [pounds sterling]500m (USD 759 million) ad deal covering seven UK airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick.

The deal, which was struck in May 2006 and could potentially have run until 2017, covered billboard advertising at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton airports as well as the Heathrow Express train service.

However, following a Competition Commission ruling in March that ordered BAA to sell Gatwick, Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh, the two companies have decided to terminate the ...

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