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EC clears Lufthansa/Brussels Airlines merger, subject to conditions

On 22 June 2009, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of Brussels Airlines by Lufthansa following a Phase II review. During the Phase II investigation the European Commission examined potential competition issues on six routes between Belgium and Germany and between Belgium and Switzerland. The European Commission cleared the transaction subject to conditions on four of the overlap routes (Brussels-Frankfurt, Brussels-Munich, Brussels-Hamburg and Brussels-Zurich).

CRA advised Lufthansa during the European Commission's Phase II review. A CRA team led by Matthias Pflanz and including Rameet Sangha, Katharina Sailer and Andrew Parkinson, provided oral and written submissions to the European Commission as well as additional support to Lufthansa.

See Commission press release for further details.

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