Airport Sales and Concession Opportunities

Where are the airport sales and concession opportunities in 2019 and who are the main investors?

INVESTOR INTEREST IS CURRENTLY concentrated on Brazil, Japan, France and Eastern Europe as the 'pipeline' of airport deals, mainly concessions and public-private partnerships to build and manage infrastructure, dried up a little in 2018. The nature of the business is that there is always a shock waiting side-stage, and right now it could be an announcement about London Gatwick Airport.
As for the investors themselves, there has been a hardcore of them for the last two decades and many are still very active around the world. Some are only investors in that they do not become involved in the day-to-day management of the airport, while others are fundamentally operators and bring their expertise in those activities, with the financing element a lesser part of their involvement.
This article summarises the leading operator/investors at the end of 2018 and the location of existing and anticipated deals.