Originally Posted by
pauldb
IAG did bid for Niki during the AB carve up, but LH’s wider bid was preferred. It’s not impossible that LH will reshape Niki and then sell the bits it doesn’t want, but I would guess the press are reporting old news rather than new developments.
The new development is, that the European Commission is investigating wether LH should really be allowed to buy Niki. But even if the Commission will rule against LH buying Niki for anti trust reasons, there are more potential buyers e.g. Condor/Thomas Cook.