Qatar Airways has bought a 9.99 percent stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) worth around 1.15 billion pounds ($1.7 billion), building closer ties with the owner of its partners British Airways and Iberia in the oneworld alliance.
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Swiss authorities have given Darwin Airline until the end of January to answer more questions about Etihad Airways' plans to buy a third of the Swiss airline before it gives the deal the green light.
Alitala, Italy's flag carrier, has written to Italian banks UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo asking to extend an existing loan agreement by €50 million. This comes on top of the €200 million in bank loans agreed on in October.
Virgin Australia's biggest shareholders, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, and Singapore Airlines, have upped their stakes in the troubled Australian airline by 4%, lifting their combined position from 63% to 67%.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday, including Fortum, National Vision, Saipem, CTT, MTS, Southern Pacific, Warrnambool, Verbund, Bakkafrost, Popular and Marathon Oil.
Ireland's Ryanair on Tuesday announced that it won't participate in Italian airline Alitalia's EUR300 million emergency cash call. Other carriers including Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, Aeroflot and Alitalia shareholder Air France-KLM have also turned down the deal.
Airline firm Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said it plans to raise USD350 million in capital to enhance its liquidity by offering new shares to its existing shareholders.
Air Seychelles announced its record growth of its international business, thanks to its popular Abu Dhabi route.
If the new airline becomes profitable, expansion through acquisition of other airlines in the European countries would be next on the agenda for Air Serbia, according to Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
The Abu Dhabi based airline's revenues jumped by 11% for the third quarter of the current year.
The merger of Etihad Airways and Jet Airways passed finance regulatory authority review and now would go to the antitrust regulatory authority.
Berlin is the site for the European headquarters of Etihad Airways.
Etihad plans to invest USD600 million in Jet Airways after approval from Indian authorities.
Etihad Airways announced it will buy a 49% stake in Serbia's losing JAT Airways.
The buyout deal between Jet and Etihad Airways got the approval of the Indian government but certain conditions must be observed.
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