Competition Commission's current thinking on dual till proposals for BAA London airports.

Comments | M2 Presswire, July, 2002

M2 PRESSWIRE-11 July 2002-UK Government: Competition Commission's current thinking on dual till proposals for BAA London airports (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07112002 The Competition Commission (the Commission) has today published a statement of its current thinking on the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) proposal to introduce the 'dual till' approach to the setting of charges for the three BAA London airports: Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.

Under the current single till system, revenues from BAA's commercial activities at its London airports (shops, restaurants, short term car-parking etc) are all taken into account in setting the maximum amount BAA may charge airlines using the airports. With the dual till system these commercial...