The UK Department of Transportation was seeking to push through legislation making airports liable for multimillion-pound fines for significant delays caused by snow as seen in December 2010. However, UK airport group BAA, who has been blamed for the cancellation of thousands of flights in the run up to the holiday period for a lack of deicing equipment, could escape fines for 2010 because of a crowded legislative schedule. A new airport economic regulation bill aims to penalise airport owners for poor service. Although the DOT is pushing for it to be passed into this year, it is more likely

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