Skymark Airlines to keep Haneda landing slots in rescue deal

Tokyo

SKYMARK Airlines, the Japanese carrier that filed for bankruptcy protection, will keep its landing slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport as part of a rescue deal it struck with ANA Holdings, people familiar with the matter said.

ANA will invest in Skymark as part of the carrier's revival plan, taking a stake of less than 20 per cent, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the information isn't public yet. A deal between the two companies is in its final stages of negotiations, they said.