Selling the family’s jewels comes to mind. It is much easier to sell off parts of their airport landbank for an instant profit than have the tedious task of running an airport badly for a small return if the times were good and for a loss when the airport is struggling.
Peel Group state in their first sentence that they own 15,000 hectares of land because they are basically a land and real estate company. They go on to say that their substantial land holdings offers a wealth of opportunities.
Flicking through their website reveals a small section on aviation where a paragraph each is devoted to Liverpool and Robin Hood Airports and nothing about Teeside.
Look at a company like MAG or Aena who are focused on running a portfolio of airports and their airports are all listed with a description of each because that is what they focus on.
Last edited by LTNman; 22nd Jan 2018 at 04:46.