Europe to investigate seven airlines
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The European Commission (EC) has started two anti-competition investigations into seven transatlantic airlines, including British Airways and American Airlines, according to a BBC report. The first probe will see the Commission investigate the proposed additional cooperation between oneworld alliance members, BA, American and Spain’s Iberia, while the second will study existing and planned cooperation between Star Alliance’s Air Canada, Continental Airlines, Lufthansa and United Airlines.
“The level of co-operation in question appears far more extensive than the general co-operation between these airlines and other airlines which are part of the Star and oneworld alliances,” the Commission was reported saying in a statement.
“In particular, the parties to each agreement intend to jointly manage schedules, capacity, pricing and revenue management on transatlantic routes, as well as share revenues and sell tickets on these routes without preference between these carriers,” it added.
The Commission said there was no deadline for the completion of its investigation, which comes a year after the Open Skies agreement between the EU and the US.
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