Fitch Ratings has launched its first interactive peer study for standalone U.S. airport credits, the Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool, or FACT.

"FACT's user-friendly approach to analysis brings another facet to our airport tool kit that is unique in the industry. This interactive interface facilitates a better understanding of the key credit metrics that underpin Fitch's analysis of U.S. airports, and it allows users to approach Fitch's research in a way that is customized," said Seth Lehman from Fitch's Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Group.

The interactive FACT tool contains key financial information for Fitch-rated standalone airport issuers in the U.S.; a graphical plotting function for four-year annual and median performance; and a radar chart that indicates key risk levels.

FACT also features a peer analysis tool, which allows users to review and compare summary credit profiles for selected individual issuers.

The median charting tool allows users to generate a graphic representation of how specific metrics for individual airports compare to sector medians.

For more information, a special report titled 'Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool - U.S. Airports' is available on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com.

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool - U.S. Airports
https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=876822

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