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Mergers on their Minds: Will Europe’s anemic airline sector see more consolidation? Lufthansa seems to hope so.

Lufthansa

Mergers on their Minds: Will Europe’s anemic airline sector see more consolidation? Lufthansa seems to hope so.

March 2016

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Seth Kaplan

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Airlines are often the chief economic victims of terrorism. But last week’s incidents in Brussels hit even closer to home than usual, with one of the attacks happening at the city’s airport. That raises the gloomy specter of higher security costs, as well as another demand shock during the busy Easter holiday period—and perhaps more importantly in the prime booking season for peak summer holiday travel. The airport, meanwhile, will remain closed for at least another few days, forcing Brussels Airlines and others to temporarily operate from other airports—Ryanair, for one, moved its flights to Charleroi Airport south of the…

Mergers on their Minds: Will Europe’s anemic airline sector see more consolidation? Lufthansa seems to hope so.

Mergers on their Minds: Will Europe’s anemic airline sector see more consolidation? Lufthansa seems to hope so.

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