Macquarie, Texas Pacific lead bid for Qantas
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Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group  are leading a plan to buy out Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's top airline said on Wednesday, sending its shares up 21 percent.
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Qantas Airways, Australia&#39;s biggest airline, says it will raise ticket prices for the second time in three months to help tackle rising fuel costs, just a day after posting a record annual profit.
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An 11.1 billion dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid by a private equity consortium for Qantas Airways will be subject to vigorous scrutiny to ensure the airline remains under Australian control, Treasurer Peter Costello said.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Qantas Airways said Thursday it had accepted an $8.64 billion takeover offer from a private equity consortium including Australia's Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group _ one of the biggest corporate buyouts in Australian history.
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Private-equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and the Texas Pacific Group are near a deal to acquire the TXU Corporation.
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Australia's Qantas Airways  said on Thursday it has accepted an A$11.1 billion ($8.7 billion) revised buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group at A$5.60 a share.
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Private equity firm Texas Pacific Group   is considering a bid for J. Sainsbury  and is  working on building a consortium, the Financial Times reported.
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Qantas Airways, the Australian carrier, rejected an $8.6 billion takeover bid led by Macquarie Bank of Australia and the American equity firm, the Texas Pacific Group. Qantas said it had received a nonbinding proposal, but that the terms were ânot acceptable.â Qantas confirmed in November that it received a takeover proposal from Macquarie Bank and Texas Pacific.
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AIR New Zealand and Qantas Airways face the prospect of intensifying competition on its trans-Tasman route from other airlines now that a proposed alliance between the pair has been blocked, according to analysts.
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Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it had received a takeover approach from Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group on behalf of a consortium they represent.
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TEMASEK Holdings has taken a 3 per cent stake in Australian national carrier Qantas Airways, its latest venture into the airline business.
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Australia's government says it will not block a proposed takeover of the country's flagship airline Qantas.
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Qantas said Thursday that British Airways has sold its 18.25 percent stake in the Australian carrier at 3.28 Australian dollars (US$2.
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AustraliaÂs national carrier, Qantas, said that it had been approached by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group amid speculation of a takeover.
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SYDNEY: British Airways said it will sell its entire 18.25% stake in Australia&#39;s Qantas Airways in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.
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Australia's Qantas Airways   said on Thursday it has accepted an A$11.1 billion ($8.7  billion) revised buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.   and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group at A$5.60  a share.
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An $8.7 billion takeover bid for Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  by a consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  is fair and reasonable, an independent expert said on Monday.