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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Luxembourg buys back Qatar Cargolux stake

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Luxembourg buys back Qatar Cargolux stake
Dec 19th 2012, 23:00

Luxembourg said on Wednesday it had taken back a stake in freight carrier Cargolux from Qatar Airways with the intention of selling it on soon.

According to a Reuters report, Luxembourg sold the 35 per cent stake to Qatar Airways last year, and bought it back for the original sale price of $117.5m.

Qatar Airways decided to pull out after failing to agree on a strategy for the airline during meetings in November.

Luxembourg is in talks with a number of potential buyers, a spokeswoman said.

"It is foreseen to do it in a relatively short timeframe… I do not want to express myself over days or weeks or whatever it is. It is difficult," she said.

The Luxembourg government and other groups took over Swissair Group's 33.7 per cent stake in privately held Cargolux as a temporary measure at the end of 2009 after the Swiss airline went into liquidation.

Cargolux's other shareholders include Luxembourg airline Luxair (43.4 per cent) and state-owned Luxembourg banks BCEE (10.9 per cent) and SNCI (10.7 per cent).

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