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Penta purchases Aero Vodochody

Prague, Czech Republic - And spends USD 130m

Penta Investments won the tender for the purchase of Aero Vodochody, the Czech manufacturer that has been on the rocks long since searching for an acquirer. Penta, which also bought out the Slovakian airport of Kosice along with Austrian airport management company Flughafen Wien, is mostly interested in Aero Vodochody airport as a charter and low-cost base for Prague area. The Czech company also joined...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 68105
Rome, Italy, 10/31/2006 16:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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