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Article: BAA Appeals Competition Commission Decision In Relation To The Supply Of Airport Services.(British Airport Authority )
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
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- October 28, 2009
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On Monday BAA began its appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") against the UK Competition Commission's ("CC") order that it should sell three of its UK airports (following the CC's market investigation into BAA's airports). In March of this year the CC ruled that BAA's position in the UK airport sector gave rise to adverse effects for competition and that it should sell its existing airports at Gatwick, Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow.
BAA, a subsidiary of the Spanish Ferrovial infrastructure group, is appealing against the CC's divestment remedy on two grounds. First, BAA claims that the CC's decision was made with an "apparent bias" as ...