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Letting easyJet buy Air Berlin assets hurt competition, LOT tells EU court

By Natalie McNelis ( September 11, 2020, 15:24 GMT | Insight) -- EasyJet’s 2017 takeover of certain Air Berlin assets should have been blocked because of its harm to competition on flights to and from Berlin, rival airline LOT told EU judges today. The Polish company appeared at the EU's lower-tier General Court in Luxembourg to contest the European Commission's authorization of the takeover after Air Berlin went bankrupt in 2017.British airline easyJet’s 2017 takeover of certain Air Berlin assets should have been blocked because of its harm to competition on flights to and from Berlin, rival airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT told EU judges today....

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