Originally Posted by
Tagron
According to the FT EasyJet and Stobart are both looking at Flybe, EZY interested in parts of the business and STK the whole entity.or parts.
Stobart is not now ruling out another bid, potentially with the same structure as before — co-investment with a private equity partner and taken off Stobart’s balance sheet.
That latter statement seems quite specific so perhaps there might be more to it then the general speculation that is doing the rounds
PE not going to get involved unless it gets 5-6 times its investment as a return bearing in mind risk of an underperfoming airline. Slots offer some value BUT slots ultimately belong to Airport and they may take a different view on their sale. Specific routes will be of interest to airlines but aside from slots there is really no barrier from another airline starting up same route.