Potential buyers for Kent Airport
28.07.05
PlaneStation, the owners of Kent Airport and budget airline EUjet lost the support of their bankers - HBOS - on Monday and plunged into receivership on Tuesday. But the administrators say that there has been a lot of interest from potential buyers.
Andrew Conquest, from receivers Grant Thornton, said he was 'looking to sell the business [PlaneStation] as a going concern'. This would involve a company buying Kent airport and its facilities and continuing to operate it as a budget flight and cargo airport.
Mr Conquest said there had been expressions of interest from a variety of sources. 'We've got a very good group of people and a large investment that the company [PlaneStation] has made over recent years. The routes that were operated by EUjet must be an attraction,' he said.
Mr Conquest said he would be reviewing PlaneStation's cost structure, but added that employees, including airport ground staff and air traffic controllers, had so far been paid up until the end of July.
The future of EUjet and its employees will be handled by an administrator from the Republic of Ireland as the airline was registered there. It also operated from Shannon and Dublin.
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