F2i chooses Ardian and Credit Agricole to grow in airports. In recent months, the asset management company led by CEO, Renato Ravanelli, has launched a process of selecting a partner with the aim of encouraging further investments in the Italian and foreign airport sector. To this end, it selected the consortium made up of Ardian (60%) and Credit Agricole Assurances (40%) to sell 49% of F2i Aeroporti. The closing of the transaction, subject to the authorization of the Antitrust, is expected within the next 2-3 months.
F2i Aeroporti is the holding company that holds the investments of the Primo Fondo F2i in the airport sector and in particular: 35,7% of Sea (Milan Malpensa and Linate Airports), 70% of Gesac (Naples Airport) and 54,5. 2% of Sagat (Turin Airport). Indirectly, these companies in turn hold equity investments in Sacbo (Bergamo Airport) and in Sab (Bologna Airport). Furthermore, the Second Fund F8,6i owns a further XNUMX% of Sea. All these airports directly owned by F2i Aeroporti have managed approx 37 million passengers (+4,7% compared to the previous year), corresponding to 25% of national traffic. While the aggregate turnover was equal to 900 million euro.
