BA/Iberia deal could pave the way for Qantas merger

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Could BA re-examine Qantas merger?

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The proposed merger between aviation heavyweights British Airways and Iberia has served to reignite the possibility of a tie-up with Australian carrier Qantas.

Willie Walsh, chief executive for British Way suggested in a Financial Times interview that the possibility of a tie-up with Qantas could be looked at again with a view to creating a merger similar to the BA-Iberia one.

Plans for a merger between BA and Qantas were quashed last year when take-over talks failed but the BA-Iberia merger, where both airlines retain their brand identities and home-bases could serve as a template on which any such future, similar mergers could be built.

“You could look again there” regarding an alliance with Qantas, Willie Walsh told the FT.

But with strong political opposition in Australia towards a BA/Qantas merger there are no plans to set the merger in stone but it could certainly be something that may well be discussed in the future.