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Regional & City Airports strikes strategic partnership with ICG for next phase of growth
Investors - AUGUST 8, 2025

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Regional & City Airports strikes strategic partnership with ICG for next phase of growth

by Kali Persall

Regional & City Airports (RCA), the operator of the Bournemouth, Exeter and Norwich Airports in England, and the owner and operator of XLR Executive Jet Centres, has agreed to partner with global alternative asset manager ICG after more than a decade of collaboration with Rigby Group.

Under Rigby Group’s stewardship, passenger numbers have surpassed 2 million, up 13 percent year-on-year. Under the new partnership, ICG’s European infrastructure team will support RCA’s continued growth, with the company set to expand its airports, cargo and executive aviation operations. ICG also will work with RCA to accelerate sustainable aviation practices across its operations.

“Rigby Group has been a committed investor in these regional airports since 2013,” said Steve Rigby, co-CEO of Rigby Group. “Regional & City Airports comprises a thriving group of airports, strategically important in their regions and growing at above-market rates. Following our successful

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