The project of a private Reunion consortium ready to invest in Air Austral takes shape. April 22, Michel Deleflie, Patron of the Clinifutur health group announced on a daily basis its desire to participate in the rescue of Air Austral alongside other local companies whose identity is not revealed. Various articles published in the specialized press in recent weeks have also distilled information about offers from investment funds. While the maturity of July is approaching, deadline set at the Reunion company to present a restructuring plan, the State and the Regional Council, main shareholder of Air Austral, discreetly exchange behind the scenes, in an electoral context that bridles the positions of each other. The solution of a local rescue of the company is that favored, from afar, the community. L'Atat, For its part, would prefer a rapprochement with Corsair, company whose financial health is not better than its competitor from Reunionese. Or, The state is clearly master of the game in this file : He is by far the main creditor of Air Austral, which has accumulated social and tax debts, unpaid aeronautical fees and which seems unable to repay the PGEs it has contracted.
Rescue of AIR AUSTRAL and CORSAIR : the arbitrator state
