As expected, Aldeasa made its last appearance on the Madrid Stock Exchange yesterday, following its acquisition by Retail Airport Finance earlier this year, the company now 99.3% owned by Italian group Autogrill and Franco-Spanish tobacco

group Altadis.
Following its privatisation, Aldeasa made its debut on the Madrid Exchange back on October 1 1997 and in the seven and a half years as a publicly-owned venture saw the value of its share price increase by 86% compared with the increase in the value of shares on the stock exchange generally over the period of around 78%.