Qatar Airways eyes stake in IndiGo, warns Airbus on A380neo

Qatar Airways would be interested in buying up to 49 per cent of IndiGo though the owners of the sub-continent's largest carrier by market share have no immediate plans to sell, the Doha-based airline's chief executive said on Wednesday.

IndiGo, owned by hospitality and travel company InterGlobe Enterprises and founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Rahul Bhatia and ex-US Airways chief executive Rakesh Gangwal, is preparing to file a draft prospectus by May for a stock listing to raise $300 million to $400 million, sources told Reuters in March.

Qatar Airways would ideally like to buy to 49 percent of IndiGo, Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of the Doha-based carrier, told a news conference in Dubai.

"We're not in talks, we have a personal relationship between us and the owner of IndiGo," Al Baker said.

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