ILondon Gatwick Airport Ithengiswe ngamakhilogremu ama-2.9 Billion eBrithani

Isikhumulo sezindiza sesibili ngobukhulu e-United Kingdom, i-London Gatwick Airport isidayiselwe i-Vinci yase-France nge-£2.9 billion. Ngaphansi kwemibandela yesivumelwano, umfelandawonye oholwa isikhwama sokutshala izimali sase-US i-Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) izodayisa ingxenye engu-50.01% ku-Vinci Airports.

Vinci isebenza ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-40 emhlabeni jikelele kulo lonke elaseYurophu, e-Asia naseMelika. Phakathi kwephothifoliyo yabo iTokyo Kansai, i-Osaka, iSantiago de Chile kanye nenani lezindiza ezinkulu eFrance , Phnomh Penh, naseLisbon.

I-Gatwick iyisikhumulo sezindiza sesishiyagalombili esimatasa kakhulu e-Europe ngokwezinombolo zabagibeli.

UMichael McGhee, uzakwethu we-GIP, uthe: “Silindele ukuthi umsebenzi uphothulwe maphakathi nonyaka ozayo, nethimba lobuholi obuphezulu lisamile. I-GIP consortium ithola i-Gatwick ngo-2009 nge-£ 1.5 billion.

Ithimba labaphathi abaphezulu e-Gatwick lisazoqhubeka nokulandela isivumelwano, nosihlalo uSir David Higgins, isikhulu esiphezulu uStewart Wingate, kanye nesikhulu sezezimali u-Nick Dunn baqhubeka nezindima zabo.

I-GIP izoqhubeka nokuphatha inzalo engu-49.99% esele ku-Gatwick ngemva kokuvalwa komsebenzi ngekota yesibili.

U-Nicolas Notebaert, umongameli we-Vinci Airports, uthe: “Njengobambisene abasha bemboni ye-Gatwick, i-Vinci Airports izokweseka futhi ikhuthaze ukukhula kwethrafikhi, ukusebenza kahle nokusebenza futhi ikhulise ubuchwepheshe bayo bamazwe ngamazwe ekuthuthukiseni imisebenzi yezohwebo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukwaneliseka kwabagibeli nolwazi.