Antitrust   M&A   Airlines   easyJet  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Castlelake makes £34.7bn ($6.3bn) bid for easyJet after rejecting three proposals, urges shareholder pressure

Castlelake disclosed a takeover offer for easyJet valued at about £34.74bn ($6.26bn), backed by former Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew, after the budget carrier rejected three separate approaches. easyJet told shareholders to take no action, calling the latest bid “opportunistic” and dismissing it as an “acquire-the-cheap” play.

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2026-06-21T23:54:12.627294-07:00
Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines  
aerotelegraph.com

Iraero Seeks Southeast Asia Wet-Lease Partner to Enable Long-Haul Superjet 100 Operations

By aerotelegraph.com: Die russische Fluggesellschaft wirbt bei Fluggesellschaften aus Südostasien um Flugzeuge im Wet-Lease. Ziel ist es, die Verbindungen zwischen Russland und den Asean-Staaten auszubauen.

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2026-06-21T23:09:33.868208-07:00
Airports   Accident   Airbus  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Croatia A220 crew changed runway to avoid tailwind before Split excursion

By FlightGlobal: Preliminary analysis of conditions indicates winds within limits before jet started drifting at high speed. Croatian investigators have disclosed that an Airbus A220-300 departing Split had almost reached the V1 decision speed on take-off when it suffered a runway excursion that damaged the twinjet.

2026-06-21T22:54:14.228901-07:00