AGS Airports

AGS Airports Limited is the United Kingdom-based owner of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports. The company was formed in September 2014 by Ferrovial, a Spanish firm specialising in the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of transport, urban and services infrastructure, and Macquarie Group, an Australian company, composed of diversified financial services. Each own a 50% stake in the company. The company acquired Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports in December 2014 from Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA).[2]

AGS Airports Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryTransport
Founded30 September 2014
HeadquartersLeeds, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Key people
Andy Cliffe (CEO)
Lena Wilson (Chairman)
ProductsAirport operations and services
OwnerFerrovial
Macquarie Group
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.agsairports.co.uk

History

Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports were originally owned and operated by the British Airports Authority, who acquired them in the 1970s. In the late 1980s the authority was sold off by the government and became BAA plc. By 2012 BAA had sold off three of their seven airports and rebranded as Heathrow Airport Holdings (HAH). In 2014 HAH decided to sell off Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton to enable the company to focus on improving Heathrow for passengers and winning support for Heathrow expansion.[3]

In January 2021, a number of new appointments to the executive committee were announced, including Mark Johnston as chief operating officer for AGS Airports, reporting to AGS chief executive Derek Provan.[4]

Airports
The 3 airports owned by AGS

AGS owns and operates three airports:

References
  1. "AGS AIRPORTS LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. "About AGS Airports & its investors". aberdeenairport.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. "Glasgow airport boss to become chief executive as buyout completed". The Herald. Glasgow. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. "Executive shake-up for owner of Aberdeen and Glasgow airports". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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