{"id":1364,"date":"2011-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/press_releases\/ferrovial-concludes-the-sale-of-swissport-to-pai-partners-a-private-equity-firm\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:16:10","slug":"ferrovial-concludes-the-sale-of-swissport-to-pai-partners-a-private-equity-firm","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/en\/press-releases\/ferrovial-concludes-the-sale-of-swissport-to-pai-partners-a-private-equity-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrovial concludes the sale of Swissport to PAI Partners, a private equity firm, for 695 million euro"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"wysiwyg text-editor \" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"container container--narrow container--p-10\">\n            <ul>\n<li>Swissport, the world&#8217;s leading passenger and cargo handling company, operates in 38 countries.<\/li>\n<li>The company obtained \u00801.124 billion euro in revenues and \u008081mn in EBITDA in 2009.<\/li>\n<li>The transaction is part of the Company&#8217;s policy of rotating assets and investing in new projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ferrovial, through subsidiary Ferrovial Services, has completed the sale of Swissport International AG, the world&#8217;s largest airport ground handling company, to private equity firm PAI Partners for 900 million Swiss francs (approximately 695 million euro), i.e. at a net capital gain of 198 million euro. The transaction was announced in November.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds from the sale will be invested in new infrastructure and services projects with strong value creation potential.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrovial acquired Swissport International Ltd. late in 2005; since then, it has become the world&#8217;s largest passenger and cargo handling company with a presence in 38 countries. It obtained 1.124 billion euro in revenues in 2009 and doubled EBITDA to 81 million euro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FERROVIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1952, Ferrovial is one of the world&#8217;s leading infrastructure groups, operating through its airports, toll roads, construction and services divisions. It has a presence in over 45 countries and has some of the world&#8217;s top privately-owned infrastructure assets, such as 407 Express Toll Route in Toronto, London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport, Chicago Skyway and Ausol toll road in Spain. 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