S7 co-owner Natalia Fileva, who owns 50% of the shares of this airline, denied information about the cancellation of the deal to purchase Transaero, RBC reported on Monday, October 26, citing Fileva’s statement.

According to her, S7 continues to finalize the deal. She declined to elaborate on the details of this process.

Earlier, Gazeta.Ru, citing sources, wrote about the cancellation of the deal for the purchase of Transaero airline by S7 shareholders. The newspaper cited two interlocutors at the airline's creditor banks and a source familiar with the progress of the negotiations.

Transaero found itself on the verge of bankruptcy after Aeroflot refused to purchase 75% plus 1 share of the carrier for 1 ruble in early October. The deal was supposed to save Transaero from bankruptcy, but the airline’s shareholders did not manage to consolidate the necessary package within the established time frame, Aeroflot reported.

On October 20, it became known that co-owner of S7 airline (Siberia) Vladislav Filev entered into an agreement with the largest shareholder of Transaero, Alexander Pleshakov, to purchase a 51% stake in the airline. The next day, the Ministry of Transport announced that an order had been signed to cancel Transaero’s operator certificate from October 26. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told the Vedomosti newspaper that the decision to cancel Transaero’s certificate cannot be reversed, but a new certificate can be obtained if there is a financial justification.

On October 26, Transaero stopped flying. On the same day, the airline notified of its intention to apply to the arbitration court to declare itself bankrupt. FAS, in turn, requested information from S7 about the transaction to purchase Transaero shares.

Former general director of Transaero Olga Pleshakova, in turn, said that the deal with Aeroflot to purchase 75% + 1 shares of Transaero fell through due to the fact that the purchasing company did not receive permission from the FAS. At the same time, according to her, Transaero did everything necessary to complete this transaction.

The co-owner of S7 denied information about the refusal to purchase Transaero