OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24919 posts, RR: 60 Posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 870 times:
BAA pockets £340m
09 Nov 2007
Ferrovial-owned BAA has sold its stakes in six Australian airports for A$775m (£340m) to an Australian entity managed by Hastings Fund Management.
The disposal comprises a 19.8% stake in Melbourne and Launceston, 15% in Perth and 10% interests in three Northern Territory airports.
BAA said the sale represented a continuation of its strategy to dispose of non-core international assets.
Separately, the company announced its seven UK airports reported a 3.5% year-on-year in passengers handled to 13.2m last month.
All seven saw traffic increase, with the exception of Glasgow, where it declined by 1.8% to 866.3k.
Aberdeen was up 6.6% at 319.4k, Southampton 5.7% at 179.1k, Edinburgh 5% at 820.2k, Gatwick 4.9% at 3.1m, Heathrow 3.9% at 5.8m and Stansted 1.8% at 2.1m.
On a market-by-market basis the strongest growth came in North Atlantic traffic, which was 8.9% higher than Oct06 at 1.7m, followed by other long-haul, up 8.5% at 2.1m.
Third best was European scheduled with a rise of 4.3% to 5.5m passengers, while Eire remained near flat (+0.4%) at 577.2k.
Domestic traffic declined by 2.4% year-on-year to 2.3m and European charter by 3.2% to 953.3k.
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BY738 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Sep 2000, 1986 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 858 times:
Interesting out of the Scottish airports GLA has the majority of the charter services and is obviously the one to suffer with the fall overall in charter traffic.
Albird87 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 841 times:
Quoting BY738 (Reply 1): Interesting out of the Scottish airports GLA has the majority of the charter services and is obviously the one to suffer with the fall overall in charter traffic.
Still tho with Prestwick getting more services and the recent bomb threat over the summer months, people may of decided to change their flight movements to prestwick.
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24919 posts, RR: 60 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 825 times:
Quoting Albird87 (Reply 2): recent bomb threat over the summer months, people may of decided to change their flight movements to prestwick.
I was wondering that myself but then I disgarded it but maybe your right. I have always seen GLA as a growing airport but then maybe Im wrong. Maybe its just my perception. With the winning of the Commonwealth games this should give an added boost to the PIK and GLA airports.
Congrats to our Scottish members BTW.
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