Airport Operators Association

{{Short description|Organization}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox organization

|name = Airport Operators Association

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|abbreviation = AOA

|formation = 1934

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|status = Non-profit company

|purpose = Airports in the UK

|location = Birdcage Walk
London, {{postcode|SW|1}}
United Kingdom

|region_served = UK

|membership = UK airport operators (50+ airports)

|leader_title = Chief Executive

|leader_name = Karen Dee

|leader_title2 = Board Chair

|leader_name2 = Baroness McGregor-Smith{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfnionline.com/latest-news/airport-operators-association-appoints-baroness-mcgregor-smith-chair-20-08-2019/|title=Airport Operators Association appoints Baroness McGregor-Smith as Chair|last=Dimama|first=Elena|date=2019-08-20|website=DFNI|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-03}}

|main_organ = AOA Board

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|website = [http://www.aoa.org.uk Aoa.org.uk]

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The Airport Operators Association (AOA) is a trade association that advocates on behalf of UK airports, negotiating with the UK Government and regulatory authorities to pursue policy outcomes. It has advocated for policies including an end to increases in the Air Passenger Duty.{{Cite web|url=http://www.afairtaxonflying.org/|title=Home – A Fair Tax on Flying|website=afairtaxonflying.org}}

The AOA was formed in 1934 as the Aerodrome Owners' Association.{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} AOA |url=https://www.aoa.org.uk/about-us/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |language=en-GB}} On 17 April 1990 it was renamed the Airport Operators Association. It represents over 50 airports, and around 160 companies and organizations which do not own airports but operate in the aviation industry.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}