Brussels, 28/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 28 August, the British Competition Commission ordered Irish airline low cost airline Ryanair to reduce its stake from 29.8% to 5% in its fellow Irish competitor Aer Lingus, judging that the company's current position has led, or could lead, to a substantial decrease in competition between the companies on routes between Great Britain and Ireland. Ryanair has already announced that it will appeal this decision in the coming weeks, which could relaunch a saga that has now gone on for over six years. This definitive decision of the British competition authority follows on from a similar preliminary decision issued by the same commission on 30 May and comes after a second veto of the European Commission on the takeover of Aer Lingus by the low cost company on 27 February (see EUROPE 10795), on the grounds that this takeover would have created a monopoly or dominant position on the market concerned. Since then, Ryanair said it was ready, in July, to sell all its shares in Aer Lingus, but no buyer has yet appeared interested. (FG/transl.fl)