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Old Feb 6, 2014 | 11:49 am
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Gus2013
 
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Originally Posted by TRAVELSIG
The german airline company Lufthansa is ready to increase their direct commitment to the Milan airport of Malpensa in case the new Alitalia, following their imminent agreement with Ethiad, decides to concentrate on increase flight frequency from Linate.Martin Recken, Lufthansa Spokesperson, 06FEB2014
This is a slippery slope... potentially for both sides of the transaction. Suddenly flying empty planes in an out of a particular politically-sensitive airport is OK if it means rubbing your opponents nose in it? Hopefully something got lost in translation this time.
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