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ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway
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Jim Mason
2006-07-06 11:49:56 UTC
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ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway

BAA Press Release 06/07/06

ADI, the consortium led by Ferrovial which is the new owner of BAA, has
today confirmed that BAA will continue its planned development of a second
runway at Stansted Airport. ADI has also confirmed BAA?s continued
commitment to the policies put forward in the Government?s 2003 Air
Transport White Paper, which originally recommended the second runway at
Stansted. The White Paper also proposed a third runway at Heathrow Airport
provided that stringent environmental conditions could be met.

In addition to supporting the Stansted development, BAA?s new owners will
review the plans and costings to ensure they are in line with best practice
and will deliver value for money for all stakeholders. The review is
expected to conclude in the autumn.

Juan Béjar, Chief Executive Officer of Ferrovial Infraestructuras, S.A.,
comments,
?We have made today?s statement so that all stakeholders in BAA?s UK
airports are very clear that we are committed to the White Paper agenda and
committed to developing Stansted?s second runway as soon as possible. We
are reviewing the costs and plans for G2 as we would any major capital
expenditure plan in the Group, to ensure that it delivers value for money,
but we still expect to make a planning application in summer 2007 and do
not foresee any delays to the timing of the development.?

During the review work will continue on other aspects of the project,
including the Environmental Impact Assessment and preparations for the
public consultation on the road and rail access that will be required to
serve a two-runway airport.

Project Director Alastair McDermid said:

?Our public consultation for G2 ended in March so we had been planning to
report back to the community over the summer about the location of the
second runway, the positioning of the extended airport boundary and the
associated on-airport development. We now expect to be able to do this in
the autumn although we are still on track to submit a planning application
in summer 2007. We know that many local people are keen to know where they
stand and our aim will be to report back to the community just as soon as
ADI has had time to review our plans.?

All enquiries: Duncan Bonfield, BAA plc
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Jim Mason
2006-07-06 19:03:25 UTC
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ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway
BAA Press Release 06/07/06
ADI, the consortium led by Ferrovial which is the new owner of BAA, has
today confirmed that BAA will continue its planned development of a second
runway at Stansted Airport. ADI has also confirmed BAA?s continued
commitment to the policies put forward in the Government?s 2003 Air
Transport White Paper, which originally recommended the second runway at
Stansted. The White Paper also proposed a third runway at Heathrow Airport
provided that stringent environmental conditions could be met.
Ryanair's response to the press release:-

RYANAIR WELCOMES FERROVIAL REVIEW OF PLANS AND COSTINGS FOR SECOND RUNWAY
AT STANSTED



Ryanair, Britain's biggest airline today (Thursday, 6th July 2006) welcomed
the announcement by Ferrovial (the new owner of the BAA airport monopoly),
that they were committed to the second runway at Stansted, but would
conduct a detailed review of its plans and costings.

Ryanair together with other airline users at Stansted (including Easyjet
and British Airways) support the development of a second runway at
Stansted, but are vehemently opposed to the £4bn Taj Mahal originally
proposed by the BAA airport monopoly. These plans would have tripled
passenger charges at Stansted, which would harm the growth of low fare
traffic and tourism in London and the South East.

Ryanair and the other Stansted airlines have submitted alternative
proposals which would see the second runway and terminal being built at
Stansted for about £1bn, just one quarter of the amount being proposed by
the BAA monopoly.

Welcoming Ferrovial's review of these plans and costs today, Ryanair's
Chief Executive, Michael O'Leary said:

"Ryanair has always supported a second runway at Stansted. What we oppose
is the waste, the gold-plating and the land grab which was proposed by the
BAA airport monopoly as a way of boosting their regulated income and
profits for the next 20 or 30 years. As other airports around Europe have
demonstrated, a second runway and terminal can be built for about £1bn.
This efficient investment would allow low fare services to expand both at
Stansted and in the South East. This is the level of expenditure that would
be planned at Stansted if the London airports were forced to compete
against each other instead of being a protected, regulated monopoly.

"The recent Ferrovial bid conclusively demonstrated that the BAA was price
gouging consumers at Stansted. Less than three months after the BAA said
they couldn't afford to build a second runway without tripling passenger
charges, they were able to find a "spare" £1 billion to bribe their
shareholders to reject the Ferrovial takeover bid. This money remains
available to the BAA and should be used to pay for a second runway and
terminal at Stansted without any increase in passenger charges. If
Ferrovial adopt these proposals, they will have the unanimous support of
not just airline users, but also the travelling public at Stansted and the
South East.

"Ryanair looks forward to meeting with Ferrovial to explore how the second
runway and terminal at Stansted can be built efficiently and sensibly, and
without the waste and massive price increases originally proposed by the
BAA airport monopoly".
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John Dundas
2006-07-07 15:20:19 UTC
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ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway
Ryanair, Britain's biggest airline today




Ryanair are NOT a British airline. In fact they have a British company
Ryanair UK Ltd but its down in companies house as non-trading. So how
can they be Britains biggest airline then?
Andrew Scotland
2006-07-07 15:22:44 UTC
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Post by Jim Mason
ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway
Ryanair, Britain's biggest airline today
Ryanair are NOT a British airline. In fact they have a British company
Ryanair UK Ltd but its down in companies house as non-trading. So how
can they be Britains biggest airline then?
Biggest airline operating out of Britain?
Doug Maclean
2006-07-07 15:29:48 UTC
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Post by Jim Mason
ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway
Ryanair, Britain's biggest airline today
Ryanair are NOT a British airline. In fact they have a British company
Ryanair UK Ltd but its down in companies house as non-trading. So how can
they be Britains biggest airline then?
Just like Heathrow being described as the world's busiest international
airport
The EDI Guy
2006-07-07 16:26:19 UTC
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So how
can they be Britains biggest airline then?
is it because they carry more people in and out of, and around, Britain,
than any indigent airline?

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