Qantas has claimed that Virgin Australia’s $350m equity raising launched last week gives the airline an unfair advantage in the aviation industry due to the influx of foreign-backed capital. Qantas has requested the government to prevent the capital raising. “The decision of these shareholders to invest in Virgin Australia’s loss-making strategy highlights that these airlines aren’t subject to the same commercial realities as Qantas,” a statement by Qantas said. “We have asked federal and state governments to fully examine the motives behind the virtual takeover of Virgin Australia by foreign airlines, and to prevent destabilising of the domestic aviation industry,

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