CSFB remains positive on the UK airports group BAA for which recommend buying on weakness. The group beat market expectations, but said that the second half of the year could be hit by the decline in the number of passengers after the terrorist attacks of 11 September. The gross profit grew by 1, 5% in the first half of the year, compared with analysts’ expectations of 336 million pounds. “It is not possible to predict the short term, but there will be an impact on our business in the second quarter,” said company CEO Mike Hodgkinson in a statement. “In the long term the airline industry is in a good situation.” A sale of 0.27% in the FTSE 566 pence a share.