Southampton Airport operator to change its name (From Daily Echo)
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Southampton Airport operator to change its name
9:50am Monday 15th October 2012 in News
Southampton Airport operator to change its name
The company which operates Southampton airport is to change its name after nearly 50 years.
Airport operator BAA, formerly called British Airports Authority, will operate using the names of its four remaining UK airports.
In existence since 1965, BAA had run - until recently - as many as seven UK airports, including Heathrow.
But, following an investigation into airport competition by the Competition Commission, the company was ordered to sell Stansted, Gatwick and either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
It had since sold Gatwick and Edinburgh and, after long legal battles, is now in the process of selling Stansted.
This leaves the Spanish-owned company with four UK airports - Heathrow, Southampton, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
BAA said today that, over time, the name BAA will disappear and the relevant airport name will take its place For now, the relevant registered company number and name will appear on documents and correspondence The services provided, and all usual contacts, will remain the same.
Over time, the BAA.com website will be archived and replaced by pages on the relevant airport websites.
Comments(6)
freefinker
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10:14am Mon 15 Oct 12
FoysCornerBoy wrote:.. oh don't be daft. This is The Echo.
So what exactly will the company that runs our local airport be called?
A 175 word article on "Southampton Airport operator to change its name" and you expect them to actually tell you what the new name is?
I think you are confusing this rag with a newspaper.
thankfully not a PO postcode
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10:25am Mon 15 Oct 12
Huffter
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10:28am Mon 15 Oct 12
freefinker wrote:"Airport operator BAA, formerly called British Airports Authority, will operate using the names of its four remaining UK airports."
FoysCornerBoy wrote: So what exactly will the company that runs our local airport be called?.. oh don't be daft. This is The Echo. A 175 word article on "Southampton Airport operator to change its name" and you expect them to actually tell you what the new name is? I think you are confusing this rag with a newspaper.
"This leaves the Spanish-owned company with four UK airports - Heathrow, Southampton, Glasgow and Aberdeen."
So the new name will be based on Southampton, Heathrow, Aberdeen, Glasgow" or S.H.A.G. for short.
freefinker
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10:55am Mon 15 Oct 12
Huffter wrote:.. nice one, lol
freefinker wrote:"Airport operator BAA, formerly called British Airports Authority, will operate using the names of its four remaining UK airports."
FoysCornerBoy wrote: So what exactly will the company that runs our local airport be called?.. oh don't be daft. This is The Echo. A 175 word article on "Southampton Airport operator to change its name" and you expect them to actually tell you what the new name is? I think you are confusing this rag with a newspaper.
"This leaves the Spanish-owned company with four UK airports - Heathrow, Southampton, Glasgow and Aberdeen."
So the new name will be based on Southampton, Heathrow, Aberdeen, Glasgow" or S.H.A.G. for short.
Stupideditor
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11:54am Mon 15 Oct 12
FoysCornerBoy says...
10:05am Mon 15 Oct 12