Airport owner to change name (From Daily Echo)
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Southampton Airport owner BAA to change name
11:38am Monday 15th October 2012 in News
Southampton International Airport
THE owners of Southampton Airport, BAA, is to change its name after nearly 50 years.
The company, 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(7)
Stupideditor
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11:51am Mon 15 Oct 12
Zeo
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12:13pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Eastleigh International Airport & Eastleigh Airport Parkway
Might SS
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12:17pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Leave it as Southampton which everyone knows.
Irate Wintonian
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12:59pm Mon 15 Oct 12
SouthHeath GlasDeen?
bazzeroz
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7:18pm Mon 15 Oct 12
NobodyImportant
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1:50am Fri 19 Oct 12
Considering the length of this article, you'd think the author (or editor) would at least have proofread it.
Stupideditor says...
11:51am Mon 15 Oct 12