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Saturday 01 November 2008 At 19:20

The UK's second-largest airport, Gatwick, has been put up for sale by its owner BAA. The move comes four weeks after the Competition Commission said BAA may have to sell three of its UK airports because of market dominance concerns. Several firms are said to be interested in buying Gatwick, which has been valued at £1.8bn by regulators. The Airport unit of Spanish builder Grupo Ferrovial provides a poor service and has failed to plan for extra capacity, the UK Competition Commission said, recommending it be stripped of London's Gatwick and Stansted airports and either Glasgow or Edinburgh in Scotland. On top of this BAA has been again fined for the poor service at Gatwick, a total of £3.26 million for consistently failing to meet standards for cleanliness, directions, seating and pier services.

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