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By Shane Nolan |
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October 15, 2010 -
Ryanair, welcomed the UK Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss the BAA
monopoly’s appeal against the Competition Commission’s ruling that the
BAA monopoly should be broken up to promote competition and a better
deal for passengers. Ryanair called on the Irish Government (which designed the DAA monopoly and the failed CAR regulatory regime on this now discredited UK model) to follow the recommendation of the UK Competition Commission. To break-up the DAA airport monopoly which found that the BAA’s monopoly ownership of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports had “adversely affected competition”, The way the BAA has conducted its business has adversely affected competition and the inadequate regulatory regime operated by the CAA has adversely affected competition. |
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Ryanair believes
that these findings apply equally to the DAA airport monopoly, and the
CAR regulatory regime in
Ryanair called
upon the Government to adopt the late Seamus Brennan’s original plan to
break-up the DAA airport monopoly by selling off Shannon and Cork
Airports to the highest bidder, selling off Terminals 1 and 2 at Dublin
Airport to competing terminal operators (leaving the DAA to run only the
shared services of runways, ramps and carparks) and selling off all non
core DAA assets including Dublin Airport City and Aer Rianta
International.
Ryanair believes
that these sales will enable the Government to pay off most, if not all,
of the DAA’s €1.2bh debt, while allowing two competing terminals at
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