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Local airline Fly540 Ghana sold for 1 dollar

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  • Bostonman redsox 8 years ago

    any left to sell? I will offer $10.

  • kwesi 8 years ago

    erm, in case you do not know, they sold it for $1 because whoever buys it also inherits the company's debts (which according to the story is about $11.3 million).So if you have some spare $11.3 million dollars, then i would s ...
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  • Dada kojo ,Abenase. 8 years ago

    How do we term such a transaction in economics??

  • Mensah 8 years ago

    Thank you. That is the truth

  • Bostonman redsox 8 years ago

    is the 11m is operating loss? How much of that is actual debt - short term and long term? There is a difference. U don't necessarily inherit operating losses. You inherit debt. The new owner will significantly restructure the ...
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  • Lomnava-Glasgowman 8 years ago

    How do you think the operating losses were financed dear?. Loans, debentures, IOUs? By the time of sale they are all debt dear. Whether you restructure them or not, they will eventually become due dear. That's why you and I ( ...
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  • OMANBA 8 years ago

    I will never fly on this aircraft for even one cedi.It looks decrepit and dirty.No wonder Fly540 incurred losses.

  • GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA OF GHANA 8 years ago

    THIS IS A COMMON THING THAT PEOPLE DO IN THE USA WHEN THEY ARE BUYING OR SELLING HOUSES... THE BUYER AND SELLER CONNIVES AND CLAIM THE CAR, HOUSE, ETC THEY ARE TRADING COST $1 AND TURN AROUND TO DO THE REAL TRANSACTION UNDER ...
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