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Weststar weighs $300m helicopter business IPO

  Bloomberg The Weststar Group is considering an initial public offering of its helicopter services unit in Kuala Lumpur to raise at least $300 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The conglomerate, controlled by Malaysian businessman Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, has held initial talks with advisers on the listing of Weststar Aviation Services Sdn, which could happen ...

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Singapore to restart expansion at Changi Airport’s Terminal 5

  Bloomberg Singapore has resumed work on Changi Airport’s Terminal 5 after the project was halted two years ago as the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out travel. The government will begin to re-mobilise design and engineering consultants to refine the construction of the terminal, Transport Minister S Iswaran said at the Changi Aviation Summit in the city-state. Actual building works are ...

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JetBlue goes hostile with reduced $3.3b Spirit Airlines bid

  Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp made a hostile $3.3 billion cash bid for Spirit Airlines Inc, appealing directly to shareholders in an effort to prevail over a rival offer for the discount carrier by Frontier Group Holdings Inc. The JetBlue proposal is worth $30 a share, $3 less than its initial approach, which was spurned by Spirit’s board two weeks ...

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