Hong Kong’s CK Asset Holdings to sell airline leasing businesses
长江实业出售飞机租赁业务
CK Asset Holdings, the Hong Kong conglomerate founded by the city’s richest man, has agreed to sell its aircraft leasing businesses for a total of $4.28bn, as it draws back from an industry hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
由香港首富创立的长江实业集团(CK Asset Holdings)已同意以42.8亿美元价格出售其飞机租赁业务，将从这个受新冠疫情重创的行业抽身。
An investment company managed by Carlyle Group will purchase CK Asset’s aircraft assets, said the Hong Kong company in a statement on Friday.
长江实业周五在一份声明中表示，由凯雷集团(Carlyle Group)管理的一家投资公司将收购长江实业的飞机资产。
The sale comes as the Omicron coronavirus variant has upended the aviation sector and clouded the outlook for the international travel industry just as parts of the world were beginning to open up.
在世界部分地区刚刚开始开放之际，Omicron新冠变种颠覆了航空业，给国际旅游业的前景蒙上了一层阴影。
