Rosavia delays $2.5 billion tender offer to buy 65 aircraft

Rosavia (Moscow) has delayed its $2.5 billion tender offer to acquire 65 aircraft raising doubts about the future of the new state-owned airline. The airline was going to merge the aircraft from KrasAir, Domodedovo Airlines, Samara Airlines and Atlant-Soyuz Airlines into the new airline coupled with the new aircraft order. In addition, state-owned Rossiya, Orenair, Kavminvodyavia, Vladivostok Air, Dalavia and Saravia were also expected to be merged into the new entity.

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