	australia s ansett to take pct of america west australia s ansett airlines will exercise an option to uire pct of america west airlines inc awal o for about mln u s dlrs ansett transport industries ltd managing director peter abeles said exercise involving the purchase of about three mln new america west shares for u s dlrs each was scheduled to be finalised in july or august he said in a statement abeles said ansett would become the largest single shareholder in what he said was the fastest growing airline in the united states america west is based in phoenix arizona under the terms of the option agreement ansett would have the right to maintain its pct position in the event of future stock sales but could not go beyond pct unless so requested by america west abeles said america west would retain the right of first refusal if ansett offered any of the shares for sale in addition ansett would gain one board seat he said ansett transport industries wholly owns ansett airlines one of australia s two major domestic airlines and is in turn owned by abeles international transport group tnt ltd tnta s and rupert murdoch s news corp ltd ncpa s reuter 
