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BAA fees to be withheld

Posted on: 16 April 2008

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Ryanair and Easyjet have threatened to withhold payment of fees until the outcome of a legal review in a pay rises dispute with airport operator BAA at Gatwick and Stansted.

Ryanair said it will refine to pay the latest increases if BAA “continues to abuse its monopoly” and imposes the highest possible fees on the airline.

Easyjet has asked new BAA chief executive Cohn Matthews to accept a deferral of payments the judicial review it and other airlines have launched, The airlines are incensed that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has allowed airport operator BAA to impose charge rises of up to 50 per cent over five years at these airports. beginning from 1 April this year. The Civil Aviation Authority, the industry regulator that sets the fees, said that the airlines’ retinal to pay the landing fees would be a breach of contract.

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