Just been reading that Air France is going to buy KLM after all deals with BA came to nothing, and to top it all off, AerItalia wants to join in a partnership with Air France, this would make Air France the largest European airline wouldn’t it? Sort of one sided in the market isn’t it? Qantas and ANZ tried this but the deal was found to be anti competative in the eyes of the consumner laws down here, is there such laws up there for something like this?
By: tenthije - 1st October 2003 at 16:45
Yes there are anti-competitive laws. There are also a lot of airlines here. Even with the huge AF/KL/AZ combination there are enough competitors. BA + friends, LH + friends etc.
That’s the main problem in Europe, too many airlines. Its about time some cooperation started here, even though I am not really happy with the deal. I would have prefered a close cooperation (KL/NW style) instead of a full-fletched take over.
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October 1, 2003 at 4:33 am