Previous owner wants to buy back Airwork Holdings

Previous owner wants to buy back Airwork Holdings
Airwork's Chinese owners RPM announced last year it had scuppered plans for the company's global expansion. (Image: Supplied)
Denise McNabb
Aviation veteran Hugh Jones, who turned Airwork Holdings into New Zealand’s largest general aviation network with a fleet of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for freight and charter alongside an engine overhaul business, is on a mission to save the beleaguered company from the clutches of liquidation.Last month, he wrote to the Chinese owners, Zhejiang Rifa Precision Machinery (RPM), that he was interested in buying back the company once he had a clear idea of what assets were left and the state of its finances. Until he had...

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