(Finance) – Carsten SpohrCEO of Lufthansa Groupspeaking atAviation Summit of Airlines for Europe (A4E) in Brussels, it was declared optimistic on the green light from the EU to the entry of the capital of Ita Airways with a share of 41%.
But shortly thereafter, at the same venue, the group’s CEO intervened Ryanair, Michael O’Learyaccording to which the European Commission’s approval of the Ita-Lufthansa agreement should include the effective waiver of 30% of slots owned a Fiumicino and Linateadding that this share would go redistributed to easyJet, WizzAir and Ryanair to ensure true competition.
In the meantime, we are waiting to know the contents of thewarning from the European Commission on the merger between Ita Airways and Lufthansa, addressed to the Ministry of Economy as a shareholder of the Italian airline, as well as to Lufthansa. The transfer of slots could be one of requests to avoid the veto to the operation.