The deal for the British airline caps a weekslong bidding war with American private equity and aircraft leasing group Castlelake.

Shares in EasyJet rose about 3.1% in afternoon trade in London on Thursday after the U.S. private equity firm Castlelake said it had pulled the plug on plans to buy the U.K. budget airline, clearing ...

Apollo Global has agreed to buy European budget carrier EasyJet for £5.70 billion, the US-based alternative asset manager said today.

Apollo Global Management agreed to buy low-cost carrier EasyJet Plc for £5.7 billion ($7.7 billion), clinching a deal that’s likely to shake up the dynamics in Europe’s highly competitive market for ...

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 ...

Law360 (August 6, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT) -- Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire easyJet for approximately £5.7 billion ($7.7 billion), the companies said Thursday, ending a bidding contest with ...

No-frills airline EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo after a rival bidder dropped out. The takeover was agreed after US investment firm Castlelake, which had made a ...

No-frills airline EasyJet says it has agreed in principle to a £5.7bn takeover proposal from US firm Apollo Global Management - just days after accepting an offer from a rival suitor. The carrier said ...

The EasyJet board said today it was no longer minded to recommend Castlelake's proposal of £6.90 per share US investment firm Apollo Global Management today launched a £5.7 billion bid for EasyJet, ...

Apollo Global Management looks set to take to the skies. The private-equity group on Thursday agreed a deal to buy British budget airline easyJet for the equivalent of roughly $7.7 billion, prevailing ...

Apollo Global Management on Thursday agreed to buy EasyJet for around $7.7 billion, beating out private equity rival Castlelake. Why it matters: EasyJet is one of Europe's largest airlines, and its ...

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Apollo Global has agreed to buy easyJet in a deal that values the European budget airline at about £5.70 billion ($7.7 billion), the companies said on Thursday, as rival suitor ...