Aviation executive Ian Woodley is understood to be engaged in talks to buy Aer Lingus Regional operator Stobart Air. He served in the same role at Stobart Air from 2015 before being appointed its managing director in 2019. Stobart Air’s owner, Esken, has pledged to have sold Dublin-based Stobart Air by the end of this week. Esken, which recently changed its name from Stobart Group, has been vying to offload Stobart Air since last year. It’s likely that if Stobart Air is sold, those intra-UK operations will become its key future focus.

Source: Irish Independent February 23, 2021 02:37 UTC