Skymark shares surge

07 Oct 2014  2043 | Business & Trade Fairs

TOKYO Shares in Japan’s Skymark Airlines soared Friday after the company said it was negotiating with Airbus to reduce a breach-of-contract penalty tied to the collapse of a USD2.2 billion jet order.
The carrier’s Tokyo-listed shares closed 8.37% higher at 220.0 yen, after jumping as much as 15% earlier in the day on reports that a deal was imminent.
“Our company is negotiating with Airbus, and we’re aiming to reach an accord by the end of October,” Skymark said in a statement.
inside no 10But the firm declined to comment on a report in the Asahi newspaper which said Airbus had agreed to cut the penalty to about 20 billion yen (USD183 million), well below its original 70 billion yen demand — which some feared would put Skymark out of business.
The struggling airline was sideswiped when Airbus in July said it had cancelled its USD2.2-billion jet order, apparently over concerns about getting paid.
Skymark shares had lost more than 40% at one stage following the collapsed deal.
At the time the carrier said Airbus had threatened it with “overpriced” penalties and called on it to merge with a bigger airline, a proposal which Skymark’s top executive flatly rejected.
The deal for six Airbus A-380 jets was signed in 2011, but Skymark missed a payment deadline earlier this year.
The carrier was born out of deregulation measures in the 1990, which were aimed at challenging All Nippon Airways and rival Japan Airlines’ control of the market.
However Skymark has been reporting ballooning losses as new entrants into the budget sector hurt its business.

sourced:ttrweekly.com

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