BA to sell Qantas stake; analysts see alliance shakeup
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British Airways (BA) said it would sell its 1.1 billion Australian dollar (430 million pound) stake in Australia's Qantas in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.
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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 flagship airline Qantas accepts an improved takeover bid by a consortium led by Macquarie Bank.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  rejected on Wednesday a A$10.9 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group .
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Airline Partners Australia (APA), a consortium bidding for Australia's Qantas Airways , said on Friday it would not increase its $8.7 billion buyout offer for the airline.
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Qantas shares are 1.5 percent higher Thursday after the Australian flag carrier confirmed the Aust. $1.1 billion ($770 million) exit of British Airways from its share register.
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Qantas Airways Ltd. should not seek another airline to replace British Airways Plc if the UK carrier sells its stake in the business, Qantas Chief Executive Geoff Dixon said.
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Shares in Australian flag carrier Qantas have jumped more than four percent amid expectations a takeover consortium is finally ready to formally table a multi-billion dollar offer for the airline.
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British Airways Plc, Europe&#39;s second- largest airline, raised about A$1.1 billion ($770 million) from the sale of shares in Qantas Airways Ltd.
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Australia's competition regulator said on Friday it has started a review into an $8.7 billion buyout offer for Qantas Airways Ltd.  from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group.
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British Airways has sold its A$1.1 billion (431 million pounds) stake in Australia&#39;s Qantas Airways to Australian and international investors, helping push up Qantas shares by over 2 percent.
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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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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Dec. 14--SYDNEY -- Australia's Qantas Airways said Thursday it has  accepted a revised A$11.1 billion (about US$8.7 billion) buyout offer by a  consortium led by a local investment bank, a local newspaper reported.
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By Lilly Vitorovich Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BRISBANE (Dow Jones)--With the possibility of industrial action on the horizon over the Christmas holidays, Qantas Airways Ltd.
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Australia&#39;s aviation market is facing major changes in the wake of a failed takeover bid for Qantas, analysts say, with major fleet expansions and aggressive newcomer Tiger Airways starting flights this year.
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LONDON, September 9 (New Ratings) - British Airways (BAI1.FSE) has sold its 18.25% stake in the Australian airline, Qantas, to local and international investors.
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British Airways intends to sell its A$1.12 billion (435.3 million pounds) stake in Qantas Airways in the next 48 hours, just weeks after the Australian government ruled out scrapping a foreign ownership restriction.