P525 Teletext 525 May20 23:19:21       ———————————————— NEWS ————————  AIRTOURS ISSUE SEES 98% TAKE-UP Tour operator Airtours said more than 98% of shares offered in a rights issue have been taken up. Airtours set the £82m rghts issue in April to hep pay for two acquisitions that month costing a total of £90m. Subscribers had been procured for those shares not taken up ara premium to the issue price of 390p-a-share of around 102p-a-share, it said. ——————————————————————————————————————— Financial headlines 500 City index 501 POPULAR SHARES: LATEST PRICES p516 Next CityIndex Shares Family Finance