Article: French court clears Air Liberte takeover

Article: BA writes off 56m pounds to bale out of Air ...
The Scotsman;  May 6, 2000 ;     684 words ... ... Rod Eddington. BA's disposal of its 86 per cent in Air Liberte's parent company ... years after it bought Air Liberte out of administration ... European Airlines. BA turned down a rival ... Lord Marshall, the BA chairman, said ... team and employees, Air Liberte and, ...

Article: BA finds French partner for pounds 78m Air ...
The Independent - London;  October 24, 1996 ;     371 words ... ... French regional airline Air Liberte, this time in partnership ... based Groupe Rivaud. BA and its French partner are ... to invest pounds 78m in Air Liberte, of which pounds 55m would come from BA giving it a majority 70 ...

Article: BA sells Air Liberte stake; French market ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... shareholding in French carrier Air Liberte. The company will sell ... for pounds 40 million. BA chairman Lord Marshall said ... from high speed trains.' Air Liberte operates routes from Paris ... Toulouse and Bordeaux. BA added that the sale would ...

Article: Air France Bidding for Air Liberte in a Retreat for ...
International Herald Tribune;  March 17, 2000 ;     700 words ... ... France's second-biggest airline, Air Liberte SA, in a move that analysts said would ... by British Airways PLC, which bought Air Liberte in 1997 amid great fanfare as part of ... Union to buy any other. But although Air Liberte was popular with passengers and helped ...

Article: Air Liberte sale dents ba profits
The Northern Echo;  August 8, 2000 ;     468 words ... ... sale of its French subsidiary Air Liberte which was completed in May ... figures come three months after BA reported a massive slump in full ... also commented on the effect on BA of the Concorde crash outside ... plane, which killed 113 people. BA has seven Concordes and Mr Eddington ...

Article: Liberte, egalite, futilite.(British Airways' potential buyout of ...
The Economist (US);  October 26, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... to recommend the BA bid to the Paris ... court that controls Air Liberte. The recommendation ... October 25th. If BA does succeed it will add Air Liberte's routes to those ... particular, although BA wants to get Air Liberte back into profit ...

Article: Branson backs off from Air Liberte bid
The Independent - London;  December 10, 1996 ;     551 words ... ... Ornstein, who believed BA would remain the only bidder, said Air Liberte had a negative operating ... not criticising BA's purchase of Air Liberte, as they had a ... guy dry." The BA joint plan with Rivaud aims to get Air Liberte back to break ...