TBI Limited was an

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owner and operator, incorporated in the

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in 1972. It was a subsidiary of Airport Concessions and Development Limited (ACDL), owned by

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companies Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. (90%) and AENA Desarrollo Internacional S.A. (10%).

History

The company was founded as a property broker named Markheath plc. It was bought out by Thomas Bailey Investments plc. The company changed its name to TBI plc in March, 1994 and to TBI Limited in 2009. TBI bought

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in 1995, and sold it to the Welsh Government in 2013. In 2004 the company was acquired by Airport Concessions and Development Limited (ACDL), owned by

companies Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. (90%) and AENA Desarrollo Internacional S.A. (10%). In 2013, the Bolivian government led by

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nationalized the airports in Bolivia for which the company owned concessions through its subsidiary Sabsa (the three biggest airports in the country:

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and

Viru Viru International Airport Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Bolivia's largest international airport. Viru Viru handles domestic, regional, and international flights from Bolivia, North America, South America and Europe and is the hub for Boli ...

TBI airports

Sweden

* Stockholm-Skavsta Airport

United Kingdom

Belfast International Airport Belfast International Airport is an airport northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland, is the main airport for the city of Belfast. Until 1983, it was known as ''Aldergrove Airport'', after the nearby village of Aldergrove. In 2018, over 6.2 ...

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United States

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Additionally, TBI provides airport management services at

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and Macon,

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and Burbank,

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in the US.

References

External links

TBI plc
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