Vantage Airport Group (or Vantage, formerly Vancouver Airport Services or YVRAS) is an airport management, development and investment company with 10 airports in

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History

Vantage Airport Group (Vantage) was formed in 1994 as Vancouver Airport Services (YVRAS), a subsidiary of Vancouver Airport Authority. Vancouver Airport Authority and Vantage Airport Group have a strategic partnership agreement that allows for the sharing of best practices and expertise. YVRAS was part of a consortium that was going to

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Midway Airport in

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. In April 2009 the deal fell through. Vantage led the LaGuardia Gateway Partners consortium bid to operate and redevelop LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B. On May 28, 2015, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted to move forward on the Central Terminal Building Redevelopment Project, announcing LaGuardia Gateway Partners as preferred proposer. On June 1, 2016, LaGuardia Gateway Partners assumed the lease of Terminal B, commencing a $5.1B terminal redevelopment plan, the largest aviation infrastructure P3 in the U.S. In March 2018, Vantage and

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were selected by JetBlue Airways as the preferred development partner for the airline's terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Vantage is wholly owned by Corsair Capital Infrastructure Partners. On February 4, 2019, Corsair announced the closing of a fundraising initiative for Vantage. JetBlue Technology Ventures announced on April 25, 2019 that Vantage had joined its International Partnership Program to scout new startups and technologies to improve the travel experience.

Airports

Vantage provides management services to various airports owned by Vantage or via a consortium: *United States **

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, Queens, New York ***responsible for operations and redevelopment of Terminal B * Midway Partnership, Midway Airport, Chicago **a consortium (composed of Vantage, SSP America,

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) responsible for operations and redevelopment of Midway's concessions program *Canada ** North Peace Regional Airport, Fort St. John, British Columbia *** owned via North Peace Airport Services Limited ** John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario *** acquired through purchase of Tradeport International Corporation 2007 ** Kamloops Airport, Kamloops, British Columbia *** owned via Kamloops Airport Limited ** Greater Moncton Romeo LeBlanc International Airport, Moncton, New Brunswick *Caribbean **

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, Montego Bay, Jamaica *** Leading stakeholder of the operating consortium, MBJ Airports Ltd (25.5% stake),

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is also a partner. ** Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau, The Bahamas * Europe ** Larnaka International Airport, Cyprus ** Paphos International Airport, Cyprus In 2006 the then Vancouver Airport Services was part of a French-led group, Hermes Airports, that won a tender to upgrade

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and Paphos International Airport.

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History

Airports

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