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• Vanja Popovic
Portugal’s Council of Ministers has approved the start of negotiations with Lufthansa Group and Air France-KLM for the acquisition of a 44.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal, moving the reprivatization process into its final-proposal phase and setting up a direct competition between the two European airline groups.
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Portugal’s Council of Ministers has approved the start of negotiations with Lufthansa Group and Air France-KLM for the acquisition of a 44.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal, moving the reprivatization process into its final-proposal phase and setting up a direct competition between the two European airline groups.
Marshall Aerospace, the Cambridge airport-based provider of C-130 maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has been acquired by a German investment house. The transaction ends a period of uncertainty for the defense aerospace company and secures new ownership for its established military-aircraft support operation.
Saudi low-cost carrier flynas will acquire a 10% stake in Swissport Saudi Arabia and make the ground handler its exclusive partner across the airline’s Saudi network for five years. flynas can increase its holding to 20%, deepening the companies’ commercial and financial ties as Saudi Arabia pursues global aviation-hub ambitions.
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Portugal will open a further negotiation round with Lufthansa Group and Air France-KLM after rating their binding bids for a minority stake in TAP as broadly equivalent. Both airline groups will have additional weeks to improve their financial proposals before the government selects a preferred investor.
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Bombardier has agreed to acquire the assets of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ MHI Canada Aerospace in Mississauga, Ontario, taking control of a longtime aerostructures supplier for its Global and Challenger business jets. The facility employs approximately 750 people and expands Bombardier’s Canadian manufacturing footprint.
Aeroflot has acquired Lufthansa’s stakes in catering businesses, marking a corporate transaction between Russia’s flag carrier and the German airline group. The deal affects aviation-adjacent operations rather than aircraft or route networks, adding a new dimension to the companies’ respective portfolio strategies.
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Boeing’s $8.4 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems has exposed previously unidentified liabilities, while the FAA fined the company $3.1 million for hundreds of quality-system and safety violations tied to 737 production. Separately, foreign airlines are challenging the exclusion of non-U.S. operators from a $5.7 billion 5G upgrade fund.
Swire has accelerated the reduction of its holding in Cathay Pacific, bringing its stake to 39.2%. The transaction reshapes the ownership profile of one of Asia’s major airlines, making the latest change in Swire’s long-standing investment a closely watched corporate development.
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