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標題[新聞] Easyjet 宣佈併購 BA 版圖下的 GB Airways
時間Mon Oct 29 22:00:31 2007
這GB Airways 專門負責BA 底下從 LHR, LGW, MAN 到南歐北非等航線‧
看來BA 對一些區域島嶼等地中海沿岸航線漸漸失去興趣‧
Easyjet 則將站穩在 London Gatwick 及 Manchester 的實力‧
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EasyJet buys GB Airways for £103.5m
By Andrew Dewson
Published: 26 October 2007
EasyJet, the budget airline, has agreed to pay £103.5m in cash to buy GB
Airways from the privately held Bland Group. The deal means that easyJet will
operate 24 per cent of the landing slots at Gatwick airport and make it the
airport's largest carrier.
GB Airways operates as a franchise of British Airways, a deal that ends in
March next year, although the easyJet acquisition is expected to finalise in
January. British Airways plans to begin its own services to compete with GB
Airways, which flies mainly to southern Europe and North Africa.
GB Airways operates a fleet of 15 Airbus aircraft across 39 routes. The deal
includes all of its 28 Gatwick routes and six out of Manchester airport, but
not its five landing slots at Heathrow. In its report and accounts for 2006,
GB Airways reported revenues of £250m and a pre-tax profit of £2.6m. It
carried 2.8 million passengers and had net assets of £33m.
EasyJet's chief executive, Andy Harrison, said that he expects the
acquisition to be fully consolidated into easyJet's current business by next
winter, and that cost savings generated by the deal are likely to involve
some job losses, although not in aircraft crew.
He said: "This is an acquisition which both strengthens our customer offering
at London Gatwick, our biggest base with an attractive catchment area, and
allows us to fully capitalise on the potential of the airport through a
larger number of slots... we expect to achieve both cost and revenue
synergies as we expand our business at Gatwick."
Investors reacted positively to the deal. By the close of trading, easyJet
was one of the biggest risers in the FTSE 250, closing 39.5p better at 622p.
Meanwhile, British Airways was also in the black, closing 10p higher at
433.5p as the blue-chip market staged a sharp rally.
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3098905.ece
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