MEXICO.
Following an agreement signed in July 2022, VINCI Airports finalised the acquisition of 29.99% of the capital of OMA from the investment fund Fintech on 8 December 2022. The $1.17 billion investment makes it the lead shareholder in the company operating 13 airports in Mexico: the international airport in Monterrey, Mexico’s second-largest city and its industrial capital, airports serving the cities of Culiacán, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and Mazatlán and the regional and tourism airports on the Pacific coast and in central Mexico. The concession contract has a residual term of 25 years. Traffic in the 13 airports – which returned to pre-crisis levels in July 2022 – rose to 23 million passengers across 170 destinations in 2022. VINCI Airports intends to develop this strong momentum by supporting growth in domestic demand – in the third most populated country in the Americas – while also boosting international demand by opening direct routes between Monterrey and Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Austin in the United States.
4 Monterrey airport in Mexico serves 48 destinations.
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