Corporate Affairs
As BAA Limited, the company was adamant that its name did not officially stand for anything. It was still widely (albeit erroneously) referred to as the "British Airports Authority" by both the media and the public - even though the Authority was dissolved following the 1986 privatisation.
The company's logo, composed of three green triangles, was created by John Lloyd and Jim Northover of the design consultancy, Lloyd Northover, at the time of the privatisation in 1986.
On 15 October 2012, the company announced that it had changed its name to Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited. Colin Matthews, Chief Executive of the company, said that, given the reduction in the number of airports owned by the company, the BAA name was no longer appropriate; after the sale of Stansted, Heathrow Airport will account for 95% of the company's business. Each remaining airport owned by the company will revert to a name focussing on that airport's brand.
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