Editing Gatwick Airport (section)

==Corporate Affairs==
===Ownership===
The former BAA Limited (now [[Heathrow Airport Holdings]]) and its predecessors, BAA plc and the British Airports Authority, owned and operated Gatwick from 1 April 1966 to 2 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201009.html |title=British Airports Authority in Business, Air Transport ... |work=Flight International |date=14 April 1966 |page=584 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205544/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201009.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/at-a-glance/history/ |title=History |publisher=Gatwick Airport |year=2014 |access-date=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014646/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/at-a-glance/history/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> The airport is owned and operated by Gatwick Airport Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ivy Holdco Limited,<ref>{{cite web| title=Ivy Holdco Limited| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=214465235| website=Bloomberg| access-date=30 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930131044/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=214465235| archive-date=30 September 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> owned by [[Global Infrastructure Partners]] (GIP), itself owned by [[BlackRock]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/globalassets/documents/business_and_community/investor_relations/year_end_2017/ivy-holdco-limited-consolidated-financial-statements_31-march-2017.pdf |title=Ivy Holdco Limited, Annual Report 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181724/http://www.gatwickairport.com/globalassets/documents/business_and_community/investor_relations/year_end_2017/ivy-holdco-limited-consolidated-financial-statements_31-march-2017.pdf |archive-date=5 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2018, [[Vinci Airports|Vinci]] announced that it would acquire a 50.01% majority stake for £2.9bn, with a GIP-managed consortium of investors (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Australia's sovereign wealth fund and two public pension funds in California and South Korea) owning the remaining 49.9%.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/27/gatwick-airport-sold-to-french-group|title=Gatwick airport: majority stake sold to French group| last=Kollewe| first=Julia| date=27 December 2018| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| access-date=27 December 2018| language=en-GB| issn=0261-3077| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227115925/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/27/gatwick-airport-sold-to-french-group| archive-date=27 December 2018| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Our Owners and Management| url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/ownership-management/| website=Gatwick Airport| access-date=6 May 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506085458/https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/ownership-management/| archive-date=6 May 2020| url-status=live}}</ref> The sale was completed by the middle of 2019.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46691846| title=French firm to control Gatwick Airport| date=27 December 2018|last=Leggett|first=Theo| work=BBC News|location=London| access-date=27 December 2018| language=en-GB| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227213052/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46691846| archive-date=27 December 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Leadership===
In September 2023, [[Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford]] was announced as the new Chair of Gatwick Airport.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baroness Ford appointed as new chair of London Gatwick |url=https://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/news/baroness-ford-appointed-as-new-chair-of-london-gatwick-266e-40f32.html |website=Gatwick Airport |access-date=5 November 2023 |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105153948/https://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/news/baroness-ford-appointed-as-new-chair-of-london-gatwick-266e-40f32.html |url-status=live }}</ref>