Brussels, 27/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - As was to be expected, the European Commission announced on Wednesday 27 June that it was rejecting the projected merger between the Irish airline Aer Lingus and Ryanair, due to excessive concentration on routes serving the Republic of Ireland. This is only the 20th merger to be rejected by DG Competition, of over 3000 notifications which have been tabled since 1990. Even though this result did not exactly come as a surprise, the CEO of the low-cost...