{"id":147341,"date":"2024-01-23T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=147341"},"modified":"2024-01-23T22:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T22:10:33","slug":"lufthansas-ita-airways-deal-could-reduce-competition-eu-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/lufthansas-ita-airways-deal-could-reduce-competition-eu-warns.html","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa’s ITA Airways deal could reduce competition, EU warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lufthansa’s <\/strong>bid for a minority stake in ITA Airways <\/strong>could reduce competition in flights to and from Italy, EU antitrust regulators warned on Tuesday, ramping up pressure on the German carrier to offer stronger remedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lufthansa wants to acquire a 41% stake in the state-owned Italian carrier for 325 million euros ($353 million) as part of a capital increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation, saying the deal could reduce competition in passenger air transport services on several short-haul and long-haul routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy said it would press ahead with its plans to sell the stake, with the economy ministry also saying it hoped the regulator could deliver its verdict before the stated deadline of June 6 and in time for the peak summer travel season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Lufthansa inaugurates flights between Frankfurt and Hyderabad, India<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EU competition enforcer said affected short-haul routes would be those connecting Italy with countries in Central Europe while long-haul routes between Italy and the United States, Canada, Japan and India could also be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El organismo de control de la UE tambi\u00e9n advirti\u00f3 de que el acuerdo podr\u00eda crear o reforzar la posici\u00f3n dominante de ITA en el aeropuerto de Mil\u00e1n Linate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation will examine whether ITA, Lufthansa and its joint venture partners United Airlines and Air Canada should be treated as a single entity after the merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lufthansa said it would continue to work closely and constructively with the Commission, saying it firmly believed that the deal will be approved after the EU investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We want to further assess the transaction and ensure that the acquisition of ITA does not reduce competition in short-haul and long-haul traffic and that it will not lead to higher prices, less capacity or lower quality for passenger air transport services in and out of Italy,” EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With information from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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