The Worlds Leading Airport Company

Date 22.02.2012

BAA (SP) Limited, the owner of BAA’s two London airports of Heathrow and Stansted, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2011.

  • Heathrow operating at full capacity as it achieves record annual traffic
  • 87.4 million passengers at Heathrow and Stansted with 2% underlying growth at Heathrow
  • Strong service performance with highest ever passenger satisfaction at Heathrow
  • Revenue up 9.9% reflecting higher tariffs and continued strong retail performance
  • Adjusted EBITDA up 17.1% enabling continued significant Heathrow capital investment
  • Further increase in profitability and investment anticipated in 2012
  • Capital structure strengthened with £3 billion in new financing raised in last 12 months
  • New £2 billion Terminal 2 to deliver further state of the art facilities from 2014

At or for year ended 31 December

(figures in £m unless otherwise stated)

2011

2010

Change (%)

Revenue

2,280.0

2,074.3

9.9

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

1,132.1

966.9

17.1

Cash generated from operations

1,132.2

918.5

23.3

Adjusted pre-tax loss (2)

(166.7)

(206.2)

(19.2)

Pre-tax loss

(255.8)

(316.6)

(19.2)

BAA (SP) Limited consolidated debt (3)

10,442.6

9,921.2

5.3

BAA (SH) plc consolidated net debt (3) (4)

10,992.2

10,401.1

5.7

Regulatory Asset Base

13,849.7

12,776.0

8.4

       

Passengers (m) (5)

87.4

84.3

3.7

Net retail income per passenger (5)

£5.58

£5.29

5.5