Sri Lanka seeks investors for airline with $1b of debt
Sri Lanka has revived the process of privatizing the state-run carrier that is saddled with at least $1b of debt, a year after talks with sole bidder TPG Capital collapsed following due diligence of the struggling airline. The island nation’s finance ministry will seek preliminary bids for SriLankan Airlines Ltd. by September or October, Mano Tittawella, an adviser to the ministry, said in an interview late Monday. There has been “fairly serious” interest in the sale, and the government expects to be in talks with at least two parties by Q1 next year, he said. SriLankan Airlines is competing with Gulf carriers for customers in the local market, and years of losses have prompted the government to look for a buyer and offer to absorb all the company’s debt. In the latest attempt that started in 2016, at least eight parties showed interest in a sale. <br/>
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Sri Lanka seeks investors for airline with $1b of debt
Sri Lanka has revived the process of privatizing the state-run carrier that is saddled with at least $1b of debt, a year after talks with sole bidder TPG Capital collapsed following due diligence of the struggling airline. The island nation’s finance ministry will seek preliminary bids for SriLankan Airlines Ltd. by September or October, Mano Tittawella, an adviser to the ministry, said in an interview late Monday. There has been “fairly serious” interest in the sale, and the government expects to be in talks with at least two parties by Q1 next year, he said. SriLankan Airlines is competing with Gulf carriers for customers in the local market, and years of losses have prompted the government to look for a buyer and offer to absorb all the company’s debt. In the latest attempt that started in 2016, at least eight parties showed interest in a sale. <br/>
