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[TerryMcManus24]

Looks like London has lost its North East branch with the purchase by Manchester City Councils…but will it now become Manchester Stansted International?…
Could link up with Etihads new service via Amsterdam.

[FormerlyDoS]

I though you had published one of Ryanair’s airport location wheezes 😉

[transtraxman]

Formerly DOS
I presume you mean Düsseldorf or isn´t that Weeze?

[FormerlyDoS]

Good one 😉

[TerryMcManus24]

Recon a MAGLEV connection between them could put “oop narth ‘ back on the map in a big way….

Manchester the new Gateway to UK /Europe…with 2 International “Hub”Airports

Boris…. its all up to you now to save Londons fortune or… just play second fiddle..and go under

[Bucksnet]

Manchester Airports Group has not bought anything yet. Bloomberg has reported today that they are seeking financing.

[TerryMcManus24]

end of February….and looks fairly on the ball……
suppose like Heathrow it shut down last weekend?

UK airport company Heathrow Airport Holdings has agreed to sell its 100% interest in London Stansted Airport to Manchester Airports Group (MAG) for £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) in cash.

The deal is expected to close by the end of February.

As part of the transaction, Australian investment management group Industry Funds Management (IFM) will take a 35.5% strategic stake in MAG.

MAG is the largest UK-owned airport operator and is owned by the 10 local authorities of Greater Manchester in northern England. It owns and operates Manchester, East Midlands, and Bournemouth airports, which between them handle 24 million passengers and almost half a million tonnes of air freight a year.

IFM is the largest investor in Australian airports, with equity interests in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Northern Territory Airports (which owns Darwin, Alice Springs, and Tennant Creek airports). In the UK, the company already holds interests in the utilities and broadcast/communications sectors

[JordanD]

At what point do MAG’s collective ownerships (MAN, STN, EMA, etc.) become an issue for the Competition Commission to start to look at the issue?

[TerryMcManus24]

With a possible buy price of 1.5 Billion quid on the table….what do you think……….YES

[FormerlyDoS]

If you look for an anagram from the IATA codes, you find

Me Ants Man

Who is Ant?

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