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Creditors favor Air Canada's plan

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Published: Aug. 17, 2004 at 10:51 PM
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MONTREAL, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Almost all of Air Canada's creditors voted Tuesday in favor of its restructuring plan to get the airline out of bankruptcy by the end of September.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp., reported that creditors voted 99.6 percent in approval of the plan during a special meeting in Montreal, paving the way for court approval Aug. 23.

"The strong support for Air Canada's restructuring plan received from creditors today is appreciated," company Chief Executive Officer Robert Milton said.

The approval of the plan will result in Air Canada's stock being delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange.

"The economics of this business are pretty blunt and fairly brutal and right now Air Canada is on the wrong side of those economics," Queen's University Professor Douglas Reid. "It has to somehow find a way to put it on the right side of those economics."

Topics: Robert Milton
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