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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10193
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

In-depth investigation opens into planned merger between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines

Brussels, 02/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 30 July, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the planned merger between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, both Greek airlines active in passenger air transport. The Commission's initial market investigation indicated that the proposed merger could raise serious competition concerns, in particular because the merged entity would have very high, if not monopolistic, market shares on all domestic routes and on a number of...