Ryanair says plans $1.9 bln bid for Aer Lingus
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Europe's biggest budget airline Ryanair  unveiled plans for a 1.48-billion-euro ($1.9 billion) bid for Aer Lingus  on Thursday and said it had bought a 16 percent stake in the rival Irish airline.
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Ryanair has ordered 32 next generation Boeing 737-800 planes at a cost of 2.25 billion dollars (1.78 billion euros) at catalogue price.
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Australia's national carrier Qantas Airways was expected to announce it has accepted an improved takeover offer worth around 8.7 billion US dollars from a private equity consortium, reports said.
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RYANAIR is poised to launch another round of routes from Scotland that could include France, Germany and Eastern Europe, the no-frills airline signalled yesterday.
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Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost airline, might introduce in-flight gaming.
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French-Dutch airline Air France KLM   is planning to team up with two Spanish firms to bid  for Spain&#39;s Iberia  against a group led by private  equity group TPG, Expansion newspaper said on Wednesday.
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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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Michael O'Leary, Ryanair Holdings PLC's combative chief executive, criticized the directors of rival Irish airline Aer Lingus and ruled out raising his takeover offer Tuesday in a letter to the shareholders of the recently privatized airline.
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Ryanair is reportedly set to muscle in on rival easyJet's operations from Liverpool.
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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 Holdings PLC, Europe's largest discount airline, launched a takeover bid Thursday for its Irish rival, Aer Lingus Group PLC, in a deal that would value the formerly state-owned carrier at 1.48 billion euros ($1.88 billion).
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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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Budget airline Ryanair Holdings PLC has raised its stake in Irish rival Aer Lingus Group PLC to 25.2 percent in a renewed push to take over the recently privatized carrier, Ryanair's broker confirmed Wednesday.
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Ryanair chief executive Michael O&#39;Leary said Tuesday he expected EU regulators to block the Irish low cost carrier from taking over Irish airline Aer Lingus and vowed to appeal the decision.
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Air France KLM  has said it is looking at the possibility of a tie-up with Spanish airline Iberia , which is already a takeover target.
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The airline Ryanair today outlined its plans for expansion at Luton Airport. There will be nine new European destinations from January, including Esbjerg in Denmark and Barcelona.
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ROME/MILAN  - Air France-KLM  has bid 35 euro cents per share for ailing Italian airline Alitalia  while an offer from domestic carrier Air One is one euro cent per share, a source close to the talks said on Friday.