The Belgian airline ASL Aviation interested in a takeover of TNT Airways. “We are of course interested in the acquisition of TNT Airways,” says Frank Geerts of shipping group CMB Tuesday against the Belgian business newspaper De Tijd.
He reacts to the news that the US package carrier FedEx buys his rival TNT Express and that this airline TNT, TNT Airways, will be placed in the window
Deal in 2012
Aviation daughter CMB ASL Aviation, interested in the Dutch activities. According to the Belgian shipping group, there have been no concrete contacts. “We do not know what the selling arrangements and can not imagine that the same as in 2012 when we had a deal for the acquisition of TNT Airways, the deal fell through later by the” no “of Europe.
CMB had the end of 2012 through its subsidiary airline already an agreement for the acquisition of TNT Airways TNT would then be sold to the parcel carrier UPS. But when Europe the acquisition of TNT by UPS a few months later disapproved, the deal was still in the water.
The Belgian shipping group CMB has been active for several years in the aviation sector through its subsidiary ASL Aviation. The airline, according to Time owned 51% of CMB and 49% of 3P Air Freighters, a private equity fund.
ASL Aviation leases its aircraft to other airlines and flies himself to third parties including FedEx, DHL, UPS, Royal Mail and the UN. ASL Aviation currently has 100 aircraft.
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