Largely overruling last-minute objections by the US Dept. of Justice, the Dept. of Transportation on Friday gave final approval for antitrust immunity to Continental Airlines for its participation in Star Alliance and also granted ATI to the carrier’s entry into Atlantic Plus-Plus, the transatlantic joint venture with Air Canada, Lufthansa and United Airlines.

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The European Commission said Friday that Lufthansa’s latest offer regarding its planned takeover of Austrian Airlines Group contains insufficient concessions, making it unlikely the EC can grant antitrust clearance for the deal by the end of this month.

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Air France will review crew training and the quality of its weather information, CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said last week in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, adding that not being able to detect a severe storm on radar may have played a role in the May 31 A330-200 accident that killed all 228 passengers [...]

Vueling and clickair integrated their operations at 1 min. past midnight on July 9 as planned.

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