UK’s Edinburgh Airport sale rumours emerge again – who might buy it and what would it be worth?

In a period when merger and acquisition activity in the airport sector still lags well behind what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, the suggestion that Edinburgh Airport could be sold will inevitably invoke much chatter on the Twittersphere.

Such a sale has been mooted on several occasions in recent years, but now may not be the best time to do it, with the war in Ukraine showing no signs of ending and a highly uncertain economic situation.

But then, if an investor sees opportunities in other markets and perceives only a continuing deterioration in the UK, then it could be argued that there is no time like the present.