Contents

• Background of the acquisition
• SWOT Analysis
• Developing criteria – What type of firms looking for to be acquired?
• Potential candidates
• Ranking of potential candidates
• Acquisition Proposal
• Acquisition Strategy
• Target’s company valuation
• Funding
• Proforma merge
• Due Diligence
• Post integration plan
• Appendix

Description

Qantas is world’s leading airline. It was founded in 1920 in Queensland, Australia and is Australia’s largest airline both on domestic and international level. Qantas offer services in forty four countries located across the world in Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, America and also locally within Australia.
Qantas’s main business is providing air travel service to its passengers by using two complimentary airline brands known as Qantas and Jetstar. Qantas is divided into three closely related groups, Commercial, Customer and Marketing and Opeartions.
Commercial group includes sales and distribution, commercial planning, Qantas link and alliances. Customer and marketing includes customer experience, cabin crew, inflight services and marketing. The operations comprises engineering, airports, catering, flight operations, operations planning and control and Qantas Aviation services.
Qantas long terms objectives are listed below
• Increase shareholder’s wealth by higher EBIT earnings
• Cost saving
• Ensure safety of passengers and staff
• Delivering one of the most effective fleets flying on an optimal route network
• Providing Excellent customer service
• Achieving simplicity and productivity across the business
This report will propose a target company for Qantas for acquisition.