Article: BA finds French partner for pounds 78m Air Liberte bid

Article: Liberte, egalite, futilite.(British Airways' potential buyout of ...
The Economist (US);  October 26, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... September, the French government allowed Air Liberte, a troubled private airline which lost ... says that it is "still talking" to Air Liberte's administrator, even though the ... Paris commercial court that controls Air Liberte. The recommendation is due to be made ...

Article: Branson backs off from Air Liberte bid
The Independent - London;  December 10, 1996 ;     551 words ... ... against making a bid for the troubled Air Liberte. The decision clears the way for British ... leading contender in the race to acquire Air Liberte since announcing in October it planned to give Air Liberte a FFr630m (pounds 73m) capital injection ...

Article: Air Liberte flies again with support of staff.
Sunday Business (London, England);  August 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... and supervisory board chairman of Air Liberte, the airline that went into receivership ... again. Corbet is determined to make Air Liberte, a former affiliate of British Airways ... back in our planes," Corbet said. Air Liberte and its sister company AOM, which flies ...

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: BA writes off 56m pounds to bale out of Air Liberte
The Scotsman;  May 6, 2000 ;     684 words ... ... connection by selling its majority stake in Air Liberte to Taitbout Antibes for GBP 40 million ... s disposal of its 86 per cent in Air Liberte's parent company came three years after it bought Air Liberte out of administration and spent GBP ...

Article: French court clears Air Liberte takeover
The Independent - London;  November 6, 1996 ;     400 words ... ... take control of the regional airline Air Liberte in a deal that will give it a one ... 55m and take a 67 per cent stake in Air Liberte, while the French banking group Banque ... become chairman and chief executive of Air Liberte, although the two carriers will be ...

Article: EC Approves Acquisition of Air Liberte by British ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  March 3, 1997 ;     375 words ... ... S.-dollar bid for French airline Air Liberte. The EC said in a statement that it ... Toulouse route on which both BA and Air Liberte operate and found no competition problems ... million francs (86 million dollars) in Air Liberte on top of the purchasing cost. Privately ...