Re: Qatar Airways compra il 9.99% di IAG
Qatar Airways Interested In More Airline Stakes
March 4, 2015
Qatar Airways would like to raise its stake in IAG at some point and may invest in other well-run airlines, its chief executive Akbar Al Baker said.
Qatar Airways bought a 9.99 percent stake in British Airways and Iberia owner IAG in January, aiming to forge closer ties to a company with two major European hubs and strong transatlantic networks.
Asked whether Qatar Airways would like to buy more of its oneworld partner, Akbar Al Baker said: "Yes, we would like to increase our stake in IAG at a later date. We have just taken a shareholding: we could add value to them and they will add value to us."
Qatar Airways will also keep investing in other well-managed carriers to diversify its income from the main airline.
"We will look at other acquisitions of airlines but we look at airlines that don't take the resources of Qatar, or attention of Qatar management, to fix issues. We will always go after goldsmiths, not scrap dealers."
That could include India's IndiGo, if any of the privately-owned budget carrier became available to buy.
"I think domestic airlines in India are inefficiently run. The only one efficiently run is IndiGo. If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to do so," Al Baker said.
He was speaking at a news conference during ITB Berlin, the world's largest tourism fair.
The fast growth of Qatar Airways and two UAE carriers, Emirates and Etihad, has redrawn the aviation map around the Gulf, putting those carriers at odds with some Western rivals.
Three major US airlines claim in a recent 55 page document sent to US government officials and lawmakers that Gulf carriers received USD$40 billion in subsidies and want the Obama administration to renegotiate Open Skies agreements.
Gulf carriers deny receiving subsidies.
Al Baker challenged the US airlines to publish their allegations and accused them of receiving "backdoor subsidies" through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
"They want to serve their alliance partners at the cost of us three Gulf carriers. We are not going to go away," he said.
(Reuters)
Qatar Airways Interested In More Airline Stakes
March 4, 2015
Qatar Airways would like to raise its stake in IAG at some point and may invest in other well-run airlines, its chief executive Akbar Al Baker said.
Qatar Airways bought a 9.99 percent stake in British Airways and Iberia owner IAG in January, aiming to forge closer ties to a company with two major European hubs and strong transatlantic networks.
Asked whether Qatar Airways would like to buy more of its oneworld partner, Akbar Al Baker said: "Yes, we would like to increase our stake in IAG at a later date. We have just taken a shareholding: we could add value to them and they will add value to us."
Qatar Airways will also keep investing in other well-managed carriers to diversify its income from the main airline.
"We will look at other acquisitions of airlines but we look at airlines that don't take the resources of Qatar, or attention of Qatar management, to fix issues. We will always go after goldsmiths, not scrap dealers."
That could include India's IndiGo, if any of the privately-owned budget carrier became available to buy.
"I think domestic airlines in India are inefficiently run. The only one efficiently run is IndiGo. If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to do so," Al Baker said.
He was speaking at a news conference during ITB Berlin, the world's largest tourism fair.
The fast growth of Qatar Airways and two UAE carriers, Emirates and Etihad, has redrawn the aviation map around the Gulf, putting those carriers at odds with some Western rivals.
Three major US airlines claim in a recent 55 page document sent to US government officials and lawmakers that Gulf carriers received USD$40 billion in subsidies and want the Obama administration to renegotiate Open Skies agreements.
Gulf carriers deny receiving subsidies.
Al Baker challenged the US airlines to publish their allegations and accused them of receiving "backdoor subsidies" through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
"They want to serve their alliance partners at the cost of us three Gulf carriers. We are not going to go away," he said.
(Reuters)
