{"id":166456,"date":"2024-06-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=166456"},"modified":"2024-06-26T18:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:50:29","slug":"qatar-airways-looking-to-buy-up-to-20-stake-in-virgin-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/06\/qatar-airways-looking-to-buy-up-to-20-stake-in-virgin-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways looking to buy up to 20% stake in Virgin Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Qatar Airways <\/strong>is in talks to buy up to a 20% stake in Bain Capital-owned <strong>Virgin Australia<\/strong>, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported on Wednesday, as carriers fight for more market share in the country against dominant airline Qantas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital had aimed for a A$1 billion ($665.5 million) listing of Virgin on the Australian Securities Exchange but the plan was delayed, Reuters reported last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/06\/qatar-airways-is-named-the-worlds-best-airline-at-the-2024-world-airline-awards.html\">Qatar Airways is named the World\u2019s Best Airline at the 2024 World Airline Awards<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government-owned Qatar Airways could announce its plans regarding the stake buy as early as next week, the AFR reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Qatari airline has shared a tumultuous relationship with Australia in the recent past after its attempt to increase its air presence in Australia was blocked by the Labor government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-815d8787     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"217\" 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