Airbus-Air France JV is poster child for early EU talks on merger benefits
By Lewis Crofts ( July 27, 2026, 10:14 GMT | Comment) -- Deal-makers should come forward early and tout the benefits of a transaction, not when it is too late. That has been the entreaty of EU merger enforcers for over a year, but now it has a poster-child for the policy move in its April decision to clear a joint-venture between Airbus and Air France. The European Commission has held it up as a good example of front-loading talks of merger “efficiencies.”Deal-makers should come forward early and tout the benefits of a transaction, not when it is too late. That has been the entreaty of EU merger enforcers for over a year, but now it has a poster-child for the policy move in its April decision to clear a joint-venture between Airbus and Air France....
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