Gatwick Buyer Promises 'First Class' Service
11:53am UK, Thursday October 29, 2009
The man set to become the new owner of Gatwick Airport, tells Sky News how he is going to shake-up Britain's airport business.


In an exclusive interview with Jeff Randall, Adebayo Ogunlesi, chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, said he is going "to make Gatwick a truly first class experience".
However he cautioned it would take "somewhere between 12 and 18 months" before passengers started noticing a difference at the airport.
GIP agreed a £1.51bn deal with Gatwick's current operator BAA last week, which represented a "good price", Mr Ogunlesi said.



Adebayo Ogunlesi



The fund, which invests in the energy, transport and waste sectors, has already spent over £1bn so far this year, encouraged by falling asset prices.
Mr Ogunlesi said the UK's strong regulatory framework and attractive assets made "Britain a wonderful place to invest".
"We love Britain," Mr Ogunlesi added.

The sale of Gatwick to GIP, which is subject to approval by the European Union, is due to be completed by the end of the year.
The airport is currently run by BAA, which posted a pre-tax loss of over £780m in the first nine months of the year.
The airport operator said it lost £225m on Gatwick after being forced to sell the airport by the Competition Commission.


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hehehe. . . Aloy-Emekas thread says "Nigerian buys Gatwick". . . this one say na "Yoruba man buys Gatwick". . . a more correct description would be "Nigerian buys Gatwick on behalf of Fund shareholders".

Nigerian buys Gatwick on behalf of Fund shareholders

correct but why is this in the politics section?

abi   ooooo, He is th chairman of credit suisse and general electric joint venture,

ibime, , you want to know why i post it, because of aloy to see it. If he waas an igboman. aloy no go let person hear word.

becomricch:

ibime, , you want to know why i post it, because of aloy to see it. If he waas an igboman. aloy no go let person hear word.

Ewu, I posted it before you. Was it not from mine that you read it for the first time?. You are indeed very bipolar.

so , why did you not say a yorubaman

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chic2pimp:

^^^^^ Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo what's the difference?

I wonder oh, as if international community knws the difference.