Those interested in Gatwick airport for Ferrovial considered "crucial" a second track

The three consortia interested in buying London's Gatwick Airport as "crucial" to build a second runway at the airfield, according to the newspaper today published 'Evening Standard'.

The three groups will present on Monday at the British airport group BAA, a subsidiary of Ferrovial, their binding bids to take over Gatwick, a market estimated at 2,000 million euros.

This is Global Infrastructure Partners, a company of Credit Suisse and General Electric which owns the airport in London Citi, the consortium comprising the infrastructure fund of Citi, the airport in Canada and the U.S. firm John Hancock Life Insurance, and the group composed Manchester Airport and the Canadian fund Borealis Infrastructure.

The newspaper says the British rejected a possible expansion of the aerodrome may arouse collective defense of the environment, arguing that a new runway at Gatwick would double the carbon emissions and damage or destroy at least three sites classified as natural reserves.

From his side, according to the newspaper, stakeholders at the airport estimated that the construction of the second track is "vital if the airport is able to compete effectively with those of BAA and improve services to passengers" .

BAA put up for sale last September Gatwick airport, according to its data, is the first in the world with a single track in terms of its traffic.