Virgin Australia administrator expects 19 bidders

Temasek and Bain Capital among the potential buyers of the coronavirus casualty

Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia, which in April said it owes creditors nearly 7 billion Australian dollars, is receiving "a high level of interest from a number of high-quality" potential buyers. © AP

FUMI MATSUMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SYDNEY -- Nineteen companies and investment funds in Australia and overseas are expected to meet a Friday deadline to submit non-binding indicative offers for Virgin Australia Holdings, which in April became the first Asia-Pacific airline to succumb to the coronavirus pandemic and enter bankruptcy proceedings.

"We've seen a high level of interest from a number of high-quality parties and discussions with them are progressing very well," Deloitte, the airline's administrator, said in a statement on Wednesday. "We will then work even more closely with the parties we choose to take to the next stage that will allow them to prepare binding offers by 12 June."

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