View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of New Mexico University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository NotiSur Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 2-24-1994 Uruguay Sets New Round of Bidding for Privatization of State Airline LADB Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/notisur Recommended Citation LADB Staff. "Uruguay Sets New Round of Bidding for Privatization of State Airline." (1994). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ notisur/11370 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiSur by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LADB Article Id: 56978 ISSN: 1060-4189 Uruguay Sets New Round of Bidding for Privatization of State Airline by LADB Staff Category/Department: Uruguay Published: 1994-02-24 According to spokespersons from Uruguay's state aviation company PLUNA (Primeras Lineas de Navegacion Aerea), since the government's announcement in January that a new round of bidding for the airline would be held in March, a total of eight foreign companies have expressed interest in participating in the auction. The government unsuccessfully attempted to sell PLUNA in September of last year. At that time, four foreign companies expressed interest: American Airlines, Spain's Iberia, Aerolineas Argentinas, and the Brazilian company VASP (Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo). But when the bidding actually opened, only VASP submitted an offer to the government, which was later rejected due to VASP's financial instability.