P.M. BRIEFING : Lorenzo Insists Eastern Isn’t for Sale
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NEW YORK — Texas Air Corp. Chairman Frank Lorenzo insisted today that his strike-strapped Eastern Airlines subsidiary is not for sale and will be rebuilt as a smaller carrier.
There had been speculation that Texas Air’s refusal to sell Eastern, expressed by its board of directors Monday, was a negotiating ploy designed to elicit a higher price for the airline, which has been mired in a strike and bankruptcy court proceedings for more than a month.
Last week, after the collapse of Lorenzo’s $464-million deal to sell Eastern to former baseball Commissioner Peter V. Ueberroth, Eastern officials said the airline would be reduced to about 60% of its size before the strike.
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