Thai AirAsia owner says it will not buy shares in rival Nok Air

 

FILE PHOTO: A Thai AirAsia Airbus A320-200 plane prepares for take off at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Asia Aviation, majority shareholder of budget airline Thai AirAsia, said on Wednesday that it would not proceed with an acquisition of shares in rival carrier Nok Airlines, sending Nok's shares down.

 

Nok's shares fell more than 12 percent and Asia Aviation's prices slid nearly 3 percent in the morning trading session.

 

Asia Aviation said in February that it was in talks to buy Nok shares, although Nok had said at the time that it was "not aware of any details in this respect".

 

Nok is 53 percent owned by the Jurangkool family, which also controls Thai Steel Cable PCL and unlisted auto parts maker Thai Summit.

 

Intense competition among budget airlines has led to quarterly losses since 2015 for Nok.

 

Asia Aviation owns 55 percent of Thai AirAsia, with the remainder held by Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd.

 

(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-03-06

.....nice way to save 12%........???

The timely placed rumors of buying shares of Nok Air was either the first move, or nothing else as a chance to get rid of them and lower the loss. The shares could be sold at around 3.08 THB, which was the rate of May 11th 2018. Today the Jurangkool family can buy the shares back almost 30% cheaper, than they sold them for.

 

I wonder if there is a working Exchange Supervisory Authority in Thailand.

On 3/7/2019 at 10:14 AM, fxe1200 said:

The timely placed rumors of buying shares of Nok Air was either the first move, or nothing else as a chance to get rid of them and lower the loss. The shares could be sold at around 3.08 THB, which was the rate of May 11th 2018. Today the Jurangkool family can buy the shares back almost 30% cheaper, than they sold them for.

 

I wonder if there is a working Exchange Supervisory Authority in Thailand.

Let me guess...???? a rhetorical question, surely? 555