Brussels, 05/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised the airline companies Austrian Airlines (Austria) and Lufthansa (Germany) to conclude a partnership agreement, as the parties have resolved all the competition problems posed by this cooperation. As notified, the agreement would have created almost a monopoly for the operation of air services between Austria and Germany with potentially high prices (see EUROPE of 15 December 2001, p.17). Austrian Airlines and...