Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is “curious” about the potential forced sale of London’s Gatwick and Stansted airports, and an investment in one of the airports should BAA eventually be ordered to sell them off is “certainly on our radar”, says ADAC chief executive Rudy Vercelli.

In an interview at ADAC’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi today, Vercelli said the company aims to become “one of the top three airport owners and operators in the world”, and part of achieving this goal will be investing in projects abroad.

“The split-up of BAA is something interesting that we have on our radar,” says Vercelli. While he declines to disclose any further details, Vercelli says “all options are open”, and that ADAC has “lots of strategic planning to do” to decide on “how best to approach” any future sale of BAA’s London airports.

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