BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/ROME, June 11 (Reuters) - Lufthansa
is unlikely to offer more remedies to EU antitrust
regulators scrutinising its bid for a stake in state-owned
Italian carrier ITA despite their concerns about long-haul
flights, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
German airline Lufthansa, which wants to buy 41% of Alitalia
successor ITA and has so far submitted three offers of
concessions, declined to comment.
The most recent proposal last month included an offer not to
integrate ITA into its joint venture with United Airlines
and Air Canada ( ACDVF ) for two years, other sources had
told Reuters.
There have been some tweaks to the proposal since then but
no major changes, the sources said.
Lufthansa has also offered to keep some competing ITA
short-haul routes to Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria
and cede 40 slots at Milan Linate airport to easyJet and
Volotea.
EU concerns had centred on the impact of the deal on both
short-haul and long-haul flights and ITA's dominance at
Milan-Linate airport.
The European Commission, which acts as the EU competition
watchdog, is expected to decide whether to clear or block the
deal by the end of the month.