Our overseas airports segment includes Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (ACA) and its subsidiaries, managing three airports in France: Nice Côte d’Azur airport (ANCA), Cannes - Mandelieu airport (ACM) and Saint-Tropez - La Môle airport (AGST). The ACA Group, is France’s second busiest and most important airport hub after the Paris airport system. Outside the scope of its concession, the ACA Group also owns the airport infrastructure at Saint-Tropez and provides ground handling services at 26 sites in France, Spain and Portugal through the FBO Sky Valet.
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Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur at a glance:
- Committing to sustainability: Nice Côte d’Azur airport, powered by 100% renewable electricity since 2015, has recently achieved Level 5 of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA 5) programme, joining only 4% of airports worldwide to reach this level.
- Pioneering innovation: the expert division for Nice Côte d’Azur has developed a bold and ambitious strategy to integrate the latest technologies throughout passengers’ experience.
Our partners
On 9 November 2016 we completed, together with EDF Invest the acquisition of a 64% stake in Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (ACA), through the acquisition vehicle, Azzurra Aeroporti SpA. On 23 June 2017, the Principality of Monaco entered in the share capital of Azzurra Aeroporti by taking over shares from shareholders on the same terms as the initial acquisition. The transaction marked another major step towards in delivering our internationalisation strategy and it was a perfect fit with the plan to grow our involvement in airports with a global reach. our partner, the EDF group, played a major role in making a success of the acquisition, with its extensive experience as a long-term infrastructure investor.
Other shareholders of Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur partners of Azzurra Aeroporti: Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Nice Côte d'Azur, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur Région, Alpes Maritimes Département and Metropole of Nice-Côte d’Azur.
Our partners: who manages Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (ACA) with us
EDF Invest
EDF Invest is in charge of a portion of the funding of the decommissioning of EDF’s nuclear power plants in France. Their mission is to diversify EDF’s portfolio of Dedicated Assets and lengthen its investment horizon by targeting 3 resilient non-listed asset classes in France and abroad: Infrastructure, Real Estate and Funds.
Principato di Monaco
The Principality of Monaco to long-term economic development of the Côte d’Azur and intends to maintain its position as a leading global tourist and business destination.
