Feb 27 (Reuters) - The European Commission has dropped

previously announced interim measures against Lufthansa

as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation, it said

on Thursday.

The Commission said last month that it would order the

German carrier to reinstate charter airline Condor's access to

Lufthansa's short-haul network to feed Condor's Frankfurt-New

York route.

The order related to an investigation of a joint venture

between Lufthansa, United Airlines and Air Canada ( ACDVF )

, which the EU executive believes could restrict

competition for flights between Frankfurt and New York.

The Commission had said Lufthansa should reinstate

arrangements agreed in June 2024 that provided feeder traffic to

Condor to and from Frankfurt, which had ceased to apply in

December.

Further consideration of all evidence, however, had shown

that not all legal conditions for the interim measures were met,

the Commission said on Thursday.

"This comes without prejudice to the ongoing investigation

in the main proceedings," it added.