easyJet carries out rights issue, founder’s stake drops
easyJet successfully carried out a rights issue on September 28, 2021, to raise money to see it through…
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HNA Group to receive $5.9 billion in strategic investment
Recently bankrupt Hainan Airlines parent company HNA Group will reportedly receive $5.9 billion in strategic investment after its…
Lufthansa Group to raise $2.5B in share sale to repay government loan
Lufthansa Group plans to raise €2.1 billion ($2.5 billion) in a capital increase to repay the government funding…
SIA spends $6.5 billion proceeds from 2020 rights issue
On September 16, 2021, Singapore Airlines (SIA1) (SINGY) announced it had used up all of the S$8.8 billion…
Avia Solutions secures $355 million funding for growth plans from Certares
Avia Solutions Group has secured new investment from US-based Certares, which will help it to achieve its growth…
HNA finds investors for its airports and airlines
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group says it has found strategic investors willing to finance its state-run reorganization. HNA’s restructuring…
Vacationing in business class? Airlines eye “premium leisure” trend
It is a truth universally acknowledged that corporate travel is not going to recover as quickly as leisure…
Sydney Airport headed for takeover after offer upped to $17.4B
Sydney Airport could be taken over after bidders sweetened an indicative takeover offer, drawing a more positive response…
Alitalia must repay $1.1B in state aid, Commission rules
Alitalia has to repay state aid, but capital injections given to successor Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) are in…
US airlines hit bumps in recovery as COVID cases rise
Air travel recovery has hit some turbulence due to the rise in COVID cases in the United States,…
easyJet rejects takeover approach, raises $1.7B in rights issue
With the way out of the pandemic still uncertain, British airline easyJet has rejected a takeover offer and…
Cost control, higher revenue help AirAsia Group narrow Q2 net loss
AirAsia Group narrowed its losses in the second quarter of 2021 due to the increase in revenues. On September…
airBaltic says 2023 earliest for IPO to repay state aid
The earliest that Latvian airline airBaltic is planning to float on the stock exchange is 2023, chief executive…
SAS defers A350 deliveries, narrows Q3 losses
Scandinavian airline SAS is deferring deliveries of two A350 aircraft by a year, it said as it reported…
Norwegian sees improving booking trends as H1 loss narrows
Budget carrier Norwegian is seeing a trend for improving bookings, it said on August 31, 2021, after it…
airBaltic reduces losses, eyes promising summer
Latvia airline airBaltic narrowed losses in the first six months of 2021 and said it was seeing better…
Latvian government invests €90 million into airBaltic equity
airBaltic has received €90 million worth of financial support from the government of Latvia and now awaits the…
Thai Airways swings into profit amid restructuring
Thai Airways posted a net profit in the first half of 2021, its first since the beginning of…