UK competition regulators believe there is room for competition between BAA’s London airports as well as its Scottish sites, and have accused the operator of being unresponsive to the needs of airlines and passengers.

The Competition Commission, which is carrying out a market investigation of BAA’s common ownership of seven UK airports, has detailed its line of thinking today in an update to the inquiry.

It says that BAA’s ownership of the airports “may not be serving well the interests” of either airlines or passengers, adding that BAA is potentially limiting competition through the manner in which it conducts its business.

“We are particularly concerned by its apparent lack of responsiveness to the differing needs of its airline customers, and hence passengers, and the consequences for the…timing of investment and…quality of

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