Air China Ltd ga-emefu ijeri HK $ 6.3 ($ 813 nde) iji bulie oke ya na Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. ruo pasenti 29.99, gbasaa ọnụnọ ya na Hong Kong mgbe emechiri ya na Shanghai.

Ụgbọ elu kachasị elu n'ụwa site na ọnụ ahịa ahịa ga-azụta 491.9 nde Cathay maka HK$12.88 nke ọ bụla site na Citic Pacific Ltd., dịka nkwupụta mgbanwe ngwaahịa taa. Swire Pacific Ltd ga-azụtakwa mbak Cathay HK$1 ijeri n'aka Citic n'otu ọnụ ahịa ahụ, ọnụ ahịa pasenti iri na otu. Swire ga-abụ onye nwe oke nke Cathay.

Air China nke dabere na Beijing ga-ebuli oke ya na Cathay site na pasenti 17.5 ka mbọ a gbara iji wuo ọdụ Shanghai kwụsịrị site na China Eastern Airlines Corp. zubere iweghara ụgbọ elu Shanghai ụgbọ elu Co. dị ka obodo ahụ zere ndakpọ mba ụwa na njem ụgbọ elu n'ihi ngwugwu mkpali akụ na ụba gọọmentị.

"Ikuku China aghaghị ịdị na-arụsi ọrụ ike na mgbasawanye, n'ihi na ọ tụfuru ohere na Shanghai," ka Jack Xu, onye nyocha na Sinopac Securities Asia Ltd kwuru. "Hong Kong bụ ezigbo ihe ọzọ na site na ụbara osisi, Air China nwere ike inwe. na-ekwu karịa n'ọrụ dịka nhazi ụzọ."

Cathay, Citic na Air China ga-amaliteghachi azụmaahịa na Hong Kong echi ka akwụsịchara taa na-echere ọkwa. Oke Swire na Cathay ga-ebili na 42 pasent site na pasent 40 na-eso nkwekọrịta ahụ.

Cathay enweghị atụmatụ ozugbo ịgbakwunye na 18 pasent ya na Air China, Onye isi ọrụ John Slosar gwara ndị nta akụkọ na Hong Kong taa. Air China agaghị ahọpụta ndị njikwa ọ bụla na Cathay, o kwuru.

Short of Takeover

Air China na Swire abụọ zụtara ọtụtụ nke Cathay dị ka ha nwere ike na-enweghị ịkpalite ikike ịweghara, Christopher Pratt, onye isi oche Swire na Cathay kwuru. Okwu ndị a na-ere ere bụ "dị ngwa ngwa," ka ọ gbakwụnyere.

"Ọ bụ ezie na m ji obi ike na-atụ anya na mmekọrịta anyị na Air China ga-aga n'ihu na-eto eto, m ga-ekwusi ike na òkè ọhụrụ ahụ agaghị apụta mgbanwe ọ bụla na atụmatụ ugbu a na njikwa ọrụ na ego nke Cathay Pacific," Pratt kwuru.

Air China ga-eweghara oche onye isi Cathay abụọ nke Citic nwere ugbu a, dịka nkwupụta ahụ si kwuo. Ndị na-ebu abụọ ahụ na-eme atụmatụ ịkwalite nkwado na ahịa, ọzụzụ na mpaghara ndị ọzọ, Pratt kwuru.

Oke oke nke Air China na Cathay "ga-ewusi mmekọrịta ahụ ike," Damien Horth, onye nyocha na UBS AG na Hong Kong kwuru. O kwuru na azụmahịa ahụ tụrụ ya n'anya.

Nyocha Citic

Ire ahịa nke Cathay ga-ahapụ Citic Pacific ka ọ lekwasị anya na isi ọrụ ya, Kong Dan, onye isi oche nke nne na nna Citic Group, kwuru na Hong Kong taa. Citic Pacific kwuru na Mee na ọ ga-eresị akụ na-anaghị ejikwa nke ọma ma ọ bụ nke nwere nloghachi dị ala mgbe ọ chọsịrị nkwado steeti na-eso mfu ndị ọzọ. Companylọ ọrụ ahụ na-ezube ijide oke 3% nke fọdụrụ, Swire's Pratt kwuru.

Cathay dara 1.9 pasent na Aug. 14 ruo HK$11.62 na Hong Kong. Ọ nwetala pasentị 33 n'afọ a. Air China, ụgbọ elu mba ụwa kachasị ukwuu, mechiri obere mgbanwe na HK $ 4.57 n'obodo ahụ. Ọ gbagoro pasentị 90 n'afọ a.

Ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị njem ọkara mbụ nke Cathay dara pasenti 4.2 na ire ere dara pasentị 27, ka nkwụghachi ụgwọ zuru ụwa ọnụ mebiri njem mba ụwa. Ọ nwetara ego ruru nde HK $ 812 na-eso uru mkpuchi mkpuchi mmanụ $ 2.1 ijeri.

Cathay Fleet

Ụgbọ elu ahụ na-arụ ụgbọ elu 123, na-efega na mba ma ọ bụ ókèala 36, dịka ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ya si kwuo. Ngalaba ụgbọ elu Hong Kong Dragọn Ltd. na-eje ozi ebe 29 na-agakarị na ala ala. American Roy C. Farrell na Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow guzobere Cathay na 1946. Onye bu ụzọ na Swire Group nwetara 45 pasent na 1948.

Air China nwere ụgbọ elu 243 na njedebe nke afọ gara aga, gụnyere ngalaba ibu ya, yana netwọk na-ekpuchi obodo 129 na ụzọ 259, ka o kwuru na akụkọ ya kwa afọ. Ụzọ ndị ahụ gụnyere ọrụ mba ụwa ma ọ bụ mpaghara 82 na nke ụlọ 177.

Onye na-ebu ụgbọ ahụ kwuru na ọnwa gara aga ọ na-atụ anya ịkọ akụkọ 50 pasent-gbakwunyere na uru nke ọkara mbụ. Ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị njem ya bilitere pasent 14, ebe mkpali China kpalitere njem ụlọ. Ọnụọgụ ndị njem na mba niile gbagoro pasentị 20 ruo nde 100.4, ka ndị ọrụ nchịkwa ụgbọ elu nke China si kwuo.

Nne na nna Air China nyere onyinye n'afọ gara aga ịzụta oke na China Eastern iji gbasaa ọkwa ya na Shanghai. China Eastern jụrụ inye onyinye ahụ ma kwenye ugbu a iweghara ụgbọ elu ụgbọ elu Shanghai pere mpe iji nweta oke ahịa pasenti 50 na isi ego ego China.