| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 30 September 2014 |
| Founder | Ferrovial Macquarie Group |
| Headquarters | Leeds, England, UK |
Key people | Kam Jandu (CEO) Charles Hammond (Chairman) |
| Products | Airport operations and services |
| Revenue | £198 million (2023) |
| £69 million (2023) | |
| (£14 million) (2023) | |
| Parent | AviAlliance (78%) Blackstone (22%) |
| Subsidiaries | Aberdeen Airport Glasgow Airport Southampton Airport |
| Website | www |
AGS Airports Limited is the owner ofAberdeen,Glasgow andSouthampton airports. Based inLeeds, England, it was formed in September 2014 byFerrovial andMacquarie Group. In January 2025 it was sold toAviAlliance.
Aberdeen,Glasgow andSouthampton airports were originally owned and operated by the British Airports Authority, which acquired them in the 1970s. In the late 1980s the authority was sold off by the government and became BAA plc.
By 2012 BAA had sold off three of its seven airports and rebranded asHeathrow Airport Holdings (HAH). In 2014 HAH decided to sell off Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton to enable the company to focus on improving Heathrow for passengers and winning support for Heathrow expansion.[1]
Meanwhile, AGS Airports was formed byFerrovial andMacquarie Group. In December 2014, three months after being incorporated, AGS acquired Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports from HAH.[2]
In November 2024, it was announced that terms had been agreed to sell AGS for £1.53 billion toAviAlliance.[3][4][5] In March 2025Blackstone acquired a 22% shareholding in AGS with AviAlliance retaining the other 78%.[6]
AGS owns and operates three airports:
