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...Damian Brewer at RBC Capital Markets questioned the wisdom of BAA excluding Stansted’s biggest customer – if that was indeed the case....
...A related concern is BAA’s oversight of the one bright spot of UK passport control, the iris-scanning system....
...Damian Green, immigration minister, drew scorn from critics this spring for blaming long queues on “severe weather” ....
...Damian Green, the immigration minister, has told parliament that the worst queueing experience was an hour and a half, at Heathrow last week....
...But officials say that is an unlikely path, and BAA, Heathrow’s operator, is not counting on a paid-for system....
...Most airlines and BAA, Heathrow’s operator, declined to comment on the controversy....
...Damian Green, the immigration minister, said the plans had not yet been presented to the Home Office....
...Damian Green, immigration minister, admitted that some queues had been “too long” and announced that 80 additional Border Force staff were being drafted into Heathrow....
...“So far passengers arriving for the Olympics have had a smooth journey through Heathrow,” said BAA....
...Colin Matthews, chief executive of airport operator BAA, told MPs that the queues were damaging investment in British business....
...Damian Green, the immigration minister, has been summoned to explain a crisis at border control to MPs after a spate of lengthy queues and increased waiting times spread to Heathrow’s flagship terminal....
...BAA, Heathrow’s operator, said: “We welcome the decision by the PCS to call off tomorrow’s strike....
...Damian Green, immigration minister, announced the force would now have mobile teams that could be despatched rapidly across the airport....
...Damian Green, the Home Office minister, told MPs on Monday that it was important to maintain a balance between security and putting on a good first impression for visitors arriving at Heathrow....
...BAA, Heathrow’s operator, said airlines suggested that next Tuesday would be the busiest day for incoming Olympic traffic. More than 1,200 athletes alone are expected....
...But businesses, BAA and the airlines using Heathrow remain alert to the possibility that long immigration queues could return....
...It is not over yet: BAA can call for a judicial review. But, like Gabriel García Márquez’s novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold, a Stansted disposal has an ineluctable inevitability about it....
...“As the ID card scheme comes closer, opposition is rising,” said Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister....
...Damian Brewer, airports analyst at JP Morgan, said recently that John Fingleton, chief executive of the OFT, had “a history of break-up and deregulation.”...
...Damian Brewer, airports analyst at JPMorgan, warned that the low-cost carriers at Stansted led by Ryanair and EasyJet could have a rude awakening....
...Damian Brewer, airports analyst at JP Morgan, said the defence looked “a little underwhelming,” but the group was not expected “to show all its hand at this stage” with a further bid expected....
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