Daily Memo: Antitrust Probe Blocks IAG From Surfing Consolidation Wave

IAG

As a company that came into being through the 2011 merger of BA and Iberia, it's not surprising that IAG wants to be a consolidator.

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For an airline group that came into being through consolidation, the failure of its latest planned deal must be a big disappointment. International Airlines Group (IAG) said Aug. 1 that it was abandoning plans to take over Air Europa amid an ongoing European Commission (EC) probe into the proposed...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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