Etihad issued bonds in 2015 and 2016 through an Amsterdam-based special purpose vehicle, EA Partners (EAP), which then distributed the money to Etihad and other airlines, including Alitalia.
DUBAI: A New York court has sent subpoenas to Etihad and ratings agency Fitch this week seeking a document at the centre of a battle over $1.2 billion in debt issued by the Abu Dhabi carrier and airlines it partly owned, according to legal documents reviewed by Reuters.
Investors, including fixed-income specialist BlueBay Asset Management, are seeking access to a "debt assumption agreement" signed by Etihad and Alitalia, the Italian carrier, in 2016, before Alitalia went bankrupt.
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