Sydney Airport has agreed to accept a $23.6bn (£13bn) takeover bid from a group of investors.
The agreement came after Sydney Aviation Alliance (SAA) raised its bid in response to the airport’s owner rebuffing its earlier offer.
The deal will one of Australia’s biggest ever buyouts, If completed.
However, the proposed sale faces a number of potential obstacles, which means the process could still take months to complete.
“The Sydney Airport Boards believe the outcome reflects appropriate long-term value for the airport, and unanimously recommend the proposal to securityholders, subject to customary conditions such as independent expert approval and no superior proposal,” Sydney Airport’s chairman David Gonski said in a statement to the stock exchange.
The announcement of the deal for Australia’s biggest airport operator came shortly after the country reopened its borders to international travel.
From the start of November, fully vaccinated overseas visitors have been allowed to enter Australia’s two biggest states without the need for quarantine for the first time in more than a year and a half. Millions of Australians are also now able travel abroad freely.
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