UK: HEATHROW FLIGHT NUMBERS AHEAD OF TARGETS

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The number of flights using Heathrow airport in London has already reached 453,000 per year, the figure the airport operator BAA had predicted for 2013 after the construction of Terminal Five. The figures have been reported by the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise, which is campaigning against the fifth terminal. The campaigners say the figures discredit BAA claims that the new terminal could cater for 30mn more passengers per year without a substantial increase in flight numbers. One of the reasons for the faster increase in flight numbers is that airlines such as British Airways have switched to smaller more frequent aircraft.

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UK: CAA TO FORCE BAA TO INCREASE LANDING CHARGES

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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is to force BAA, the UK based airports operator, to increase the landing charges it makes to airlines using its Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. At present BAA keeps its landing charges down by subsidising them with profits from its extensive retail operations. However the CAA wants to prevent this practice, the result of which will mean that BAA will have to increase the charges it makes to airlines. This in turn is likely to be passed on to the consumer through an increase in airfares. The new charging regime is expected to be introduced in 2003.

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UK: LANDING CHARGES REVIEW TO PUSH UP FARES?

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The Civil Aviation Authority(CAA) is contemplating abolishing the current airport landing charges system currently in force. Under the present system BAA can subsidise these charges from the profits it gains from its retail business. New charges will be announced in October 2002 and will take effect from April 2003. The CAA will publish its proposed price caps in October next year and these will need approval from the Competition Commission. Whilst the new charges could cause air fares to rise, the CAA says this is not necessarily the case.

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