United Airlines, already serving Brussels, Belgium from their hub at Washington Dulles International Airport, will add a daily flight beginning March 28, 2010 from Chicago O’Hare.
The Brussels flight is time to connect well with Brussels Airlines, a new Star Alliance member after being acquired by Star Alliance founding member Lufthansa. Connections are available in Brussels [...]
The European Union regulatory agency has authorized the purchase of Austrian Airlines by Lufthansa today. There are conditions that have been agreed upon that Lufthansa must abide by to alleviate some competitive concerns primarily the directive to give up slots in Vienna to German destinations.
This agreement makes Lufthansa the leader in European airlines by far. [...]
European regulators in Brussels today announced that Lufthansa Airlines of Germany has not convinced them that their acquisition of Austrian Airlines would not hurt competition on select routes between Germany and Austria.
Lufthansa had to allay similar fears just last month when EU regulators were wary of the then proposed Lufthansa takeover of Brussel’s Airlines. This [...]
European Commission regulators have approved Lufthansa’s bid to acquire Brussels Airlines SN Airholding, Belgium’s national airline. Initially, later this summer, Lufthansa will purchase a 45% stake in the Belgian airline, with the remaining 55% available to Lufthansa in 2011 if all legal and route rights are secured. This tie up is a further step in [...]
