The airport St Gallen-Altenrhein has been acquired by the Zurich-based Swiss industrialist Dr Dieter Buehrle. Buehrle says he has the firm intention to transfer shareholdings to interested parties from Switzerland, Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein to better represent the interests of all three countries in the regional airport.

The Dutch Strikwerda-Group and the Swiss industrialist Dr Dieter Buehrle have signed a contract for the sale of 100 per cent of the stock of Altenrhein Realco AG and its daughter company Altenrhein Airport AG. The airport says in a statement: "This sale ends foreign ownership and brings the airport back into Swiss hands. It is, however, the new owner's firm intention to broaden stock holding and to also include other interested parties from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein. This also serves to further emphasise the significance of the airport St Gallen-Altenrhein as an important junction in the boarder triangle."