Ryanair lifts stake in Aer Lingus
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Budget airline Ryanair pushes ahead with its Â£1bn bid for Aer Lingus, upping its holding in its Irish rival.
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Ryanair extends the deadline for its proposed takeover of Aer Lingus after fewer than 1% of shareholders sign up.
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No-frills airline Ryanair has beat forecasts with an 18-percent jump in half-year profit after a strong summer and it has cheered investors with a surprisingly upbeat take on the full year.
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Aer Lingus reported a loss in 2006 because of a pension fund shortfall, higher fuel prices and the cost of repelling a takeover attempt by Ryanair. Aer Lingus, which found itself under siege by Ryanair almost immediately after listing on the Irish and British stock exchanges in September, reported a net loss of 69.9 million euros ($92 million) for the year that ended Dec. 31, in contrast to a profit of 88.9 million euros in 2005. Exceptional expenses included a 104 million euros ($137 million) payment to the employeesâ pension fund and 16 million euros ($21 million) to lawyers, stockbrokers and other advisers hired to thwart Ryanairâs bid. Fuel costs also rose by 75 percent, to 234 million euros ($308 million). Sales rose 11.3 percent.
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A merger between British Airways and the Spanish airline Iberia moved closer yesterday after BA raised Â£425m by selling its stake in Australia&#39;s national carrier Qantas
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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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The Airline Icelandair last night disclosed that it had bought an 8.4 per cent stake in easyJet, fuelling speculation that the budget airline may fall victim to a takeover 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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The FTSE 100 index has held firm in a tight range, supported by easier oil prices, which in turn boosted British Airways, while budget airline Ryanair jumped 11.
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Shares of both airlines climbed as the industry showed glimmers of resurgence, at least temporarily.
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Shares of Airbus parent EADS rose after a report that the company's board will approve the launch of a new mid-sized jet to rival Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner at a meeting Friday in Amsterdam.
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Shares in BA rise 5% after better-than-expected growth in the number of passengers flying first and business class.
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Ryanair Holdings PLC signaled that its expansion plans are going strong Monday, announcing that it will spend US$240 million (euro184 million) to buy four new planes and create a new base at Liverpool&#39;s John Lennon Airport.
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DUBLIN/LONDON  - Ryanair , Europe's biggest no frills airline, launched a 1.48-billion-euro ($1.9-billion) bid for Aer Lingus  on Thursday and said it had already bought a 16 percent stake in the rival Irish airline.
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Europe's biggest low-cost carrier Ryanair owns more than a quarter of Aer Lingus after increasing its stake in Ireland's former state airline by 6.0 percent.
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BRUSSELS -- EU regulators blocked a hostile takeover bid by low-fare carrier Ryanair for Ireland's Aer Lingus yesterday, saying it would limit consumer choice and likely boost ticket prices.
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Ryanair , Europe's biggest budget airline, launched a shock bid for Aer Lingus  on Thursday, valuing the former Irish state carrier -- which listed just four days ago -- at 1.48 billion euros ($1.9 billion).