[14][15] In March 2019, Bamboo Airways completed an agreement to buy 26 more Airbus A321neo aircraft with a total listing value of up to $6.3 billion, serving the plan to develop the fleet and open new international routes, the agreement will bring the total number of narrow-body Airbus A321Neo aircraft ordered by Bamboo Airways to 50, including 24 in the memorandum of understanding signed in March 2018.
[21] After reviewing the airline's financial structure and business plan, the Ministry of Transport issued an aviation license in November 2018.
[29][citation needed] Concerned that the crisis would negatively affect the operations of the carrier and damage the rights and safety of the customers, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam announced that it would closely monitor and supervise Bamboo Airways in a certain period of time, while Bamboo Airways declared that it faced little disruption and its business was still running "smoothly".
[30] Followed by the authorities' investigations aiming at its parent company FLC Group, Bamboo Airways stated that it was in need of a "strategic investor".
[32][33] The official website of Bamboo Airways no longer mentions the names of its founders, including the "FLC Group" brand.
[34] In the financial report of 2022's third quarter, FLC formally confirmed that its stake in Bamboo had been reduced to just more than 21%, eventually losing its dominant stakeholder position.
[35] In March 2023, Bamboo Airways confirmed that it had found a group of new investors replacing Trịnh Văn Quyết and FLC's ownership in the company.
[38] Shortly after the Him Lam takeover, there were allegations of Bamboo Airways filing for bankruptcy protection due to "the inability of the new investors."
[52] Bamboo Airways was owned by FLC Group, a company that specializes in property development, finance, and mining, among other activities.
[13] FLC Group is reportedly transferring Bamboo Airways to another "strategic investor" and eventually withdrawing its influence from the carrier.