Easyjet proves too tempting a bargain for gatecrasher Apollo Analysis Apollo has gatecrashed Castelake’s cut-price Easyjet bid – setting up a potential buyout behemoth battle for the skies, writes Ali Lyon, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the colourful force behind London’s Easyjet, founded his low-cost carrier on a simple philosophy: promise travellers cheaper fares, and open up budget air travel for millions of customers who for decades had [...]
Easyjet agrees to £5.7bn Apollo takeover Aviation Apollo has agreed to buy budget airline Easyjet for £5.7bn in a shock deal that usurps an earlier bid from alternative asset manager Castlelake. Easyjet said on Friday that it was poised to accept an all-cash offer from the US investment behemoth valuing the airline at 714p a share, trumping the 690p a share bid [...]