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Article: CIVIL AVIATION: COMMISSION GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRIAN AIRLINES AND LUFTHANSA.(Brief Article)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- July 6, 2002
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Austrian Airlines osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG (AuA) and Deutsche Lufthansa AG notified their co-operation agreement to the Commission in December 1999. After a careful examination by its competition department, the Commission issued a Statement of Objections in May 2001, warning that the co-operation agreement in its current form would scrap competition on virtually all 33 routes between Austria and Germany, leaving travellers with no choice of airline and the likelihood of higher prices.The Commission is satisfied with the substantial package that the two airlines have put forwards in order to encourage new entrants into the market. Despite liberalisation of the air ...