Adebayo Ogunlesi – the man who bought Britain's Gatwick Airport.
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In 2009, GIP acquired the majority in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion. The Nigerian press has given him the nickname, The Man Who Bought Gatwick Airport. GIP also owns Edinburgh Airport, which they bought in 2012, and Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, which they bought in February 2018.
Regional airports can be fully privately-owned (e.g. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southampton, Leeds Bradford), a mix of public and private ownership, whereby an airport is owned by both local authorities and private investors (e.g. Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle), or fully publicly-owned (e.g. Scottish island airports, ...
The airport is owned by London Luton Airport Ltd (LLAL), a company wholly owned by Luton Borough Council, and operated by London Luton Airport Operations Ltd (LLAOL).
Adebayo Ogunlesi a Nigerian man is the owner of Gatwick Airport with majority shareholding since 2009. Adebayo's private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP, where he serves as Chairman and Managing Partner also own 2 other major airports in the UK.
The ownership of StanstedC2 STAL is owned by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), following its recent sale by BAA. MAG is privately managed on behalf of its shareholders, with the major shareholders being: Industry Funds Management (IFM) – 35.5 per cent. Manchester City Council – 35.5 per cent.
The Airports Act 1986 introduced legislation requiring municipal airports, with a turnover in excess of £1 million, to become Public Airport Companies and on 1st April 1987, the ownership of the Airport transferred to Birmingham International Airport plc, a public limited company owned by the seven West Midlands ...
Heathrow is worth about $25 billion, including debt, JPMorgan analysts calculated in May. By JPMorgan's estimates, Ferrovial's Heathrow holding has an equity value of $625 million.
Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd. BAA plc was bought in 2006 by a consortium led by Ferrovial, a Spanish firm specialising in the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of transport, urban and services infrastructure.
The airport was developed by the engineering company Mowlem in 1986–87. In 2016 it was bought by a Canadian-led consortium of Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), OMERS, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Wren House Infrastructure Management of the Kuwait Investment Authority. London City Airport Ltd.