By Margareta Pagano BUSINESS EDITOR The Competition Commission's report is ill timed and ill conceived, blaming the airports authority for a situation beyond its control Sir Nigel Rudd was seething on the grouse moors when I spoke to him on Friday after one of his most infuriating weeks since taking over as BAA chairman a year ago.

By Margareta Pagano BUSINESS EDITOR Sir Nigel Rudd, chairman of BAA, launched an angry attack this weekend on the Competition Commission, which he accused of drawing blood and punishing the airport operator for the UK's congestion problems.

COMPETITION chiefs are expected to pave the way for a major shake- up of the ownership of some of the UK's biggest airports.

The chairman of the British Airports Authority, Nigel Rudd, said to the BBC that he expected the British Competition Commission to recommend the breakup of the airport operator, but added that it would not be a financial disaster. BAA operates seven airports, including Heathrow.

By DAVID PROSSER OUTLOOK Sir Nigel Rudd had a difficult job yesterday - in private, BAA's chairman must have been cock-a-hoop at the airport pricing settlement from the Civil Authority Aviation.