US firm Carlyle to take control of Southend airport after debt deal
by Julia Kollewe from US news | The Guardian on (#6K4F5)
Essex-based hub to pass into hands of private-equity firm after agreement on 194m debt
Southend airport is to pass into the control of the US private-equity group Carlyle after an agreement to settle a debt, in the latest takeover of a UK firm by a foreign company.
The London-listed aviation group Esken, formerly Stobart Group, said it had reached a deal over the 193.75m debt that its subsidiary London Southend airport owed to Carlyle Global Infrastructure Fund (CGI).
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