(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 11 - Atlantia closes the first nine months with revenues at € 4.6 billion, an increase of 17% compared to the same period of 2020, an EBITDA of € 2.9 billion, an increase of 0, 6 billion euros (+ 27%), "benefiting from the trend in motorway traffic + 21%".
(data excluding traffic in Italy).
This was announced by the Group, underlining that "the outlook for 2021 has improved, with an expectation of 6 billion euros in revenues and 2.4 billion euros in FFO".
Profit for the period amounted to 613 million euros (loss in the 2020 period of 957 million euros), of which 474 million euros pertaining to the Group (716 million euros loss in 2020), adds Atlantia. "In the months from July to October 2021 there was a general recovery in traffic, in particular in the motorway sector, which allowed a positive performance in the first nine months equal to + 21% compared to 2020", is emphasized in the note. And this "positive evolution allows us to revise the motorway traffic estimates for 2021 and in particular to forecast motorway traffic volumes at -5% compared to 2019 (excluding the Aspi group, -7% including the Aspi group), a clear improvement compared to the -8% reported with the publication of half-yearly data ", explains the Group. (HANDLE).
