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Issa brothers mull piling debt on Asda to fund Boots buyout

  Bloomberg The owners of Asda Group are considering piling debt onto the supermarket chain to raise the money to buy Boots, another fixture on UK high streets. Brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa, alongside TDR Capital LLP, have discussed saddling the supermarket with as much as 4.5 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) of additional debt, on top of the multi-billion pound ...

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Latam Air creditors vote for bankruptcy exit plan

Bloomberg A majority of Latam Airlines Group SA’s unsecured creditors have voted in favour of its proposed restructuring plan, easing the Chilean carrier’s path out of bankruptcy. About 65% of the low-ranking creditors voted to accept the plan, the company said in a statement, giving Latam a crucial level of support before asking its bankruptcy judge to sign off on ...

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Flying into Mexico City is getting more dangerous, says airline group

Bloomberg An airline group and a pilots’ association are ringing the alarms on Mexico City’s airspace, saying they’ve seen a worrying increase in ground proximity warning events since the space was redesigned last year. Benito Juarez International Airport recorded at least 17 such warnings since April 2021 as part of an alert system that notifies when planes are in danger ...

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