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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8984

6 July 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition/transport
Conditional green light to Lufthansa's take-over of Swiss

Brussels, 05/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 5 July, the Commission gave its conditional authorisation to the acquisition of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd, Switzerland's largest airline, which was created in 2002 on the back of regional carrier Crossair, by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the largest German airline, which is a member of the Star Alliance group. The investigation carried out by the Commission shows that the agreement of 20 May 2005, by virtue of which Lufthansa acquires the majority...

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