Ryanair calls for early sale of Stansted

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Following a report showing a drop in passenger traffic of 19 per cent in May, Ryanair is calling for the sale of London’s Stansted Airport to be fast-tracked.

For the first five months of this year, figures released by airport operator BAA show that traffic at the airport is 15 per cent lower than during the same period in 2008.

Stephen McNamara, speaking on behalf of Ryanair, asserted that this “proves that the Competition Commission’s recommendation that that airport be sold is the only way to protect London tourism and jobs and we call for the fast-tracking of its sale in order to tackle the airport’s plummeting traffic.”

He added: “The abysmal performance of the BAA airports underlines the urgent need for government action to protect UK tourism and UK jobs.”

The Irish budget airline took the opportunity to call on the UK government to scrap its plans regarding the introduction of the Airport Passenger Duty (APD) in November.

McNamara directed his comments to the government when he asserted: “BAA airports have lost almost five million passengers so far this year and the UK government must follow the lead of the Belgian and Dutch governments by scrapping its insane £10 tourist tax.”

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