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EU anti-trust regulators have blocked for now Lufthansa’s planned minority stake in the Italian airline ITA Airways after a preliminary investigation showed the deal could reduce competition on some routes, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The commission said there is only limited competition from other airlines on non-stop routes to and from some Central European destinations. It noted that on some of these routes, Lufthansa and ITA would be in direct competition with each other with non-stop flights. There is only limited competition from other airlines – primarily from low-cost airl…

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