Entries tagged "Qantas Airways Ltd."
British Airways plc's ambitious attempt to pull off two major transactions and create the world's leading carrier ended Thursday, with news that short-lived talks with Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. had collapsed. The development comes just two weeks after BA surprised investors -- and would-be merger partner Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA -- by announcing talks with the Australian airline. ...
British Airway plc is in talks to take a stake in Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. as the Australian government reconsiders its opposition to foreign control of domestic airlines....
TPG is back in the Australian outback. The Fort Worth, Texas based private equity firm has teamed up with Global Infrastructure Partners, a joint venture of General Electric and Credit Suisse, to make an A$8 billion ($7.4 billion) offer for ports and rail-freight company Asciano Ltd. It would rank as Australia's largest ever leveraged buyout....
