MAG TO BUY STANSTED

摘要

Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited, formerly BAA, has agreed to sell London's third-busiest airport, Stansted Airport Limited, to Manchester Airports Group (MAG) for ￡1.5 billion (US$2.4bn). The sale is expected to close by the end of February and follows a three-year legal battle, after the UK's Competition Commission ordered the operator in 2009 to sell three of its airports. Colin Matthews, Chief Executive of Heathrow, said: "Stansted Airport and its people have been part of our company for a long time. We wish the new owners every success and are confident the airport will continue to flourish. We will focus on improving Heathrow, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports."