Ryanair in Â£1bn Aer Lingus bid
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Budget airline Ryanair has launched a 1.48 billion euros (Â£1 bn) bid to buy Irish carrier Aer Lingus.
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Irish airline Aer Lingus announced on Wednesday an order for 12 new Airbus airliners worth 2.4 billion dollars (1.78 billion euros) to boost its expansion on transatlantic routes.
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Ryanair Holdings PLC, Europe's largest discount airline, launched a surprise takeover bid Thursday for Irish rival Aer Lingus Group PLC in a deal that would value the formerly state-owned carrier at 1.48 ...Comment
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Ryanair chief executive Michael O&#39;Leary launched a pre-emptive strike Tuesday against EU regulators blocking the Irish low cost carrier from taking over Aer Lingus by vowing to appeal.
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Budget airline Ryanair signs a deal to buy 27 planes from Boeing worth a possible $1.9bn (Â£960m).
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Spain's Iberia on Friday formally presented an offer to buy the country's second largest airline, Spanair, from Scandinavian carrier SAS, Spanish media said.
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Qantas Airways Ltd. ,  Australia's top airline, is expected to announce a takeover  offer of around A$10.9 billion (US$8.55 billion) from a  consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  this week,  possibly as early as Wednesday, sources said.
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DUBLIN/LONDON  - Ryanair , Europe's biggest budget airline, launched a surprise bid for Aer Lingus  on Thursday, valuing the former Irish state airline at 1.48 billion euros ($1.9 billion) but met an immediate refusal by the Irish government to sell its remaining stake.
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A 240 million US dollars (Â£126.75 million) investment by budget airline Ryanair in the west of Ireland sticks two fingers up to the doom-mongers who said Shannon Airport would not work, it was claimed tonight.
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British Airways has sold its A$1.1 billion (431 million pounds) stake in Australia&#39;s Qantas Airways to Australian and international investors, helping push up Qantas shares by over 2 percent.
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Airbus inflamed the transatlantic trade dispute with Boeing yesterday by declaring that it would apply for up to â¬1bn (Â£690m) in launch aid for its proposed
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Spanish toll road group Abertis agreed to buy British airports operator TBI for GBPÂ£551.3 million (USD$1 billion) in cash on Wednesday, giving it ownership of a key London airport.
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Ryanair has launched a takeover bid for Aer Lingus -- valuing its Irish peer at 1.481 billion euros (1.883 billion dollars) -- in a move that would create the world's first transatlantic no-frills carrier.
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Defence firm BAE is to sell its 20% stake in plane firm Airbus to EADS for Â£1.87bn.
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British Airways Plc, Europe&#39;s second- biggest airline, is selling its A$1.1 billion ($763 million) stake in Qantas Airways Ltd.
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Aer Lingus said around 1,600 employees had applied for voluntary redundancies, just ahead of the application deadline at 5pm today.
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Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to invest â¬240 million to create its 12th major European base at Shannon Airport, Ireland, it emerged today.