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		<title><![CDATA[EU Clears Gatwick Airport's Sale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Private equity fund Global Infrastructure Partners, controlled by Credit Suisse CSGN and General Electric Co GE, won permission from the European Commission on Thursday to buy London's Gatwick Airport.Spain's Grupo Ferrovial FER, under pressure to reduce its dominance in UK airports, had agreed to sell Gatwick...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:45:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EasyJet hit by fuel hedging costs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Higher fuel costs weighed on full-year profits at Easyjet after the low-cost airline hedged a lot of its fuel needs at high prices. Although the price of oil has fallen from a high of $147.27 in July 2008 to about $80 a barrel this month, Easyjet's locked-in hedges caused an...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 12,000 British Airways cabin crew began voting on Monday on whether to launch strikes over new working practices that could disrupt flights over the busy Christmas period. The new rules came into force on Monday, in spite of opposition from the Unite union, which said they were unworkable...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mexicana Eyes Fleet Modernization Moves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexicana hopes to place an order next year for either Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s as long-haul fleet replacements, and the carrier is also already looking at options to replace its new Boeing 717 fleet once leases expire. Group CEO Manuel Borja said Mexicana will probably need a half-dozen A350s...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAA to Raise Â£500 Million Equity]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ben Deighton and Tracy RucinskiLONDON/MADRID (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - BAA, the debt-laden operator of Heathrow airport, said on Friday it is to raise 500 million pounds in equity to help shore up its balance sheet as it works to access cheaper bond financing.The chance for it to raise bonds will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:46:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAA to Raise Â£500 Million Equity]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - BAA, the debt-laden operator of Heathrow airport, said on Friday it is to raise 500 million pounds in equity to help shore up its balance sheet as it works to access cheaper bond financing.The chance for it to raise bonds will be a welcome relief for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:01:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAA's London airports to receive fresh £500m]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAA's London airports, which include Heathrow and Stansted, are to receive a £500m cash injection from shareholders and other parts of the BAA group, it was announced on Friday. The money will be used to pay down debt, ease the company's access to capital markets and strengthen its financial ratios....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:20:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EDF Sets UK Sale Timetable - Sources]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Greg Roumeliotis and Alex ChambersAMSTERDAM/LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - French utility EDF EDF has set an indicative timetable in its sale of Britain's biggest electricity distribution network as industry and financial parties begin to form consortiums, sources said.EDF has sent out what bankers call a 'teaser' to potential bidders previewing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:02:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:16:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics House prices: Figures from the Land Registry showed that house prices in England and Wales rose by 0.9 per cent in September, with the average price of a property now 5.6 per cent lower than in September last year. German inflation:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:08:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAA takes £255m hit on Gatwick sale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAA's losses widened in the first nine months of the year, the airports operator reported on Wednesday, after it booked a £225m loss on its forced sale of Gatwick earlier this month. Heathrow's owner also confirmed it still wants a third runway at Europe's busiest airport, in spite of claims...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:16:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAA Says Worst is Over]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Debt-laden airports operator BAA FER said the worst of a slump in passenger numbers was over and it hoped to re-enter the bond market soon following the sale of Gatwick.The owner of London's Heathrow has been a burden for its Spanish parent, infrastructure group Ferrovial, which...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic, British Airways Battle for Las Vegas]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post, about British Airways unveiling its nonstop London-Las Vegas flight -- previously Virgin Atlantic territory -- got an e-mailÂ response from Virgin:  I thought you'd like to know that Virgin Atlantic has long recognized the importance of the Las Vegas market and has been servicing our customers for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:43:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[British Airways Flies Nonstop London-Las Vegas]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first nonstop British Airways flight from London to Las Vegas landed Sunday night at McCarran International Airport, beginning a full-scale assault on Virgin Atlantic's Las Vegas-London monopoly. British Airways, which features twin-engine Boeing 777s, boasts that its nonstop flights also connects to other European, African and Middle Eastern locales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:04:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Public finances: Official figures showed that public borrowing ballooned by a further £14.8 billion in September, taking net borrowing to £77.3 billion since April, the highest half-yearly figure since records at the Office for National Statistics began in 1946. The Treasury...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[GIP faces pressure to prove itself at Gatwick]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Global Infrastructure Partners, the new owners of Gatwick, bought London City airport in late 2006, they inherited cramped departure lounges, long lines at security and some of the poorest punctuality figures of any airport in the capital. Three years and £58m worth of investment later, punctuality has risen from...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[London City owner to buy Gatwick Airport for £1.5bn]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/news-analysis/london-city-owner-buy-gatwick/16747/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[UK airports operator BAA has agreed to sell London Gatwick to a group controlled by Global Infrastructure Partners, the owner of London City Airport. BAA says the transaction is worth £1.51 billion ($2.5 billion) but £55 million is conditional on future traffic performance and the "buyer's future capital structure". The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:15:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAA agrees deal to sell Gatwick for £1.5bn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited break-up of the UK's biggest airport group began last night after BAA reached an agreement to sell Gatwick to the owners of London City airport for just over £1.5bn, according to people close to the matter. Negotiators for the two sides worked late into the night on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gatwick to be sold to City Airport group for £1.5bn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited break-up of the UK's biggest airport group began on Tuesday night after BAA reached an agreement to sell Gatwick to the owners of London City Airport for £1.5bn, according to people close to the matter. Negotiators for the two sides worked late into the night on the deal,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:43:03 -0700</pubDate>
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