CAPA Airport Finance and Privatisation Review 2014/15; emerging markets attract investor interest

CAPA is pleased to announce the publication of our 2014/2015 global 200-page report on financing activity in the airport sector.

From the UK to Brazil, from Vietnam to Chicago, this unique CAPA report provides a comprehensive account of global airport privatisation and financing activities globally in 2014 and early 2015 and offers opinion on future developments during the remainder of 2015 and beyond.

The report also covers significant airport construction and capital expenditure projects in the same time period, irrespective of ownership. The account is complemented by profiles of many of the airports concerned, along with a Data Appendix drawn from CAPA's Airport Investment Database.

Around 500 commercial airports worldwide have some form of private-sector participation in their management or ownership now, and those that are in wholly private ownership constitute about 15% of the total.

In general, the bigger the airport, the higher the propensity towards privatisation. Of the top 100 airports as measured by revenues, 40 are either fully or partially owned or controlled by investors (or are in the process of becoming so).