The Compettion Commission has ruled that BAA, which we estimate to still have £3bn worth of 'lost' luggage in its warehouses, must sell this on to other companies.

"We want to make the lost luggage industry much fairer and having BAA the only operator who can get away with it is bad for competition," said a spokesman.

"Other companies should be allowed to be rude to passengers and lose their luggage too, it is not just the preserve of BAA," he continued.