BA Reignites Iberia Takeover Talk with Qantas Cash
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British Airways is in prime position for Europe&#39;s most attractive potential airlines merger but analysts say strict ownership laws bar any speedy deal with Spain&#39;s Iberia.
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Australia's Qantas Airways agreed on Thursday to a sweetened $8.7 billion buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd. and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group in the world's biggest airline takeover.
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Australia's national carrier Qantas Airways was expected to announce it has accepted an improved takeover offer worth around 8.7 billion US dollars from a private equity consortium, reports said.
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QANTAS should open up its share register rather than seek another airline owner if British Airways ever decided to sell its stake, Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said yesterday.
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The Spanish airline Iberia said that it had received information on a takeover bid led by the private equity group TPG and that its board would study the offer at its next meeting. TPG is working in a consortium with British Airways, which owns 10 percent of Iberia; an investment fund, Vista Capital; and two private equity firms, Ibersuizas and Quercus Equity, which holds 20 percent of Iberiaâs low-cost off-shoot Clickair. Iberiaâs board met on Thursday and had been expected to open its books to the bidding group. Iberia did not say when the board was to meet next.
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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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Spain's Iberia on Friday formally presented an offer to buy the country's second largest airline, Spanair, from Scandinavian carrier SAS, Spanish media said.
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No. 2 European airline hopes resumed talks with unions over pay dispute will prevent a walkout. LONDON  - British Airways Plc resumed talks with unions Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to stave off a planned 24-hour strike that threatens to disrupt ...
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.   rejected on Wednesday a conditional A$10.9 billion  ($8.6 billion) buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.   and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group .
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Australia&#39;s Qantas Airways Limited said Wednesday British Airways is selling its 18.25 percent stake in Qantas. Qantas asked the Australian Stock Exchange to stop trading
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londonâBritish Airways Plc, Europe&#39;s second-biggest airline, will sell its 18 per cent stake in Qantas Airways Ltd. worth Â£427 million or about $980 million (Canadian) to cut debt ahead of possible acquisitions in Europe.
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British Airways (BA) said it would sell its 1.1 billion dollar (770 million US) stake in Australia's Qantas in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.
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British Airways Plc. plans to sell its  A$1.12 billion ($773 million) stake in Australia's Qantas  Airways Ltd. in the next two days to cut debt and take  advantage of future consolidation in Europe.
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PARIS/LONDON  - British Airways'  chief executive shrugged off rivalry from Air France KLM for Iberia , saying he was confident BA's 3.4 billion euro ($4.69 billion) bid with private equity firm TPG was fair value.
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Air France KLM  has said it is looking at the possibility of a tie-up with Spanish airline Iberia , which is already a takeover target.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's Qantas Airways has been approached by Macquarie Bank and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group about a takeover that analysts said Wednesday could be worth almost 11 billion Australian dollars, or $8.5 billion.
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Air France said Monday it is considering a tie-up with Spanish carrier Iberia among other options.