Word on the street is Investors are without a doubt, worried about Qantas being left stranded and sub-scale if there were a large-scale consolidation it is not part of.
However speculators wanting to buy airline shares will have to wait to see whether or not BA is hungry enough to want to buy QF should your Government allow foreign airlines to buy 49%.
Us Brits used to use white paper use to wrap our fish and chips, but in the case of Australian aviation, the ‘White Paper’ might be used to wrap up a deal.