XFN-ASIA) Sir Michael Bishop, the chairman of airline bmi, has been approached about a potential sale of his stake in the company by Indian carrier Jet Airways, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
Jet reportedly expressed an interest before Christmas in conjunction with a leading Middle-Eastern airline, believed to have been Emirates.
The report claims the approach was made through an unidentified third party to ‘test the water’ and that the two sides have held no formal meetings to discuss any possible offer.
As the owner of 11% of the take-off and landing slots at London Heathrow airport, the future of bmi has become a major issue in the aviation industry.
http://indiaaviation.aero/news/airline/6878/59/Jet+Airways+interested+in+acquiring+stake+in+bmi
By: andrewm - 21st January 2008 at 19:11
On a side note for bmi, I saw they have now got ex easyJet MD and Air New Zealand boss Ray Webster working on turning around bmi baby?
By: Jet 22 - 21st January 2008 at 16:02
To be honest i would much rarther see LH by BMI. This is beacuse LH have turned swiss around and swiss before been aquuired by LH were like BMI is today. Also LH could use the power of the slots at LHR to there advantage. Another reason why i would much rarther see BMI been taken over by LH is beacasue they are in Star Alliance and i think that this coud casue a problem if another airline takes over them unless they are no in an alliance
If 9W get BMI they would transferr all flights from BRU hub and turn LHR into there scissor hub but also if 9W do get BMI could we see 9W in Star Alliance in the not to near future!!
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January 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm