Infrastructure investors have been active in the airport sector in 2019, including at least six transactions in the past five weeks. Australian managers Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and QIC have each been involved in two airport deals this year, including one between the two firms, with QIC acquiring of a 70 percent stake in Hobart Airport in a deal announced in early October.
Reuters reports, “The consortium consisting of the state-owned investment firm QIC and the Dutch-based airport operator will buy a 50.1 percent stake in Hobart held by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and a 19.9 percent stake from superannuation fund Tasplan Super.”
Ancala Partners, meanwhile, acquired 35 percent from Peel Group and 10 percent from Liverpool City Council of Liverpool John Lennon Airport in
