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DUBLIN (Reuters) – The head of Scandinavian airline SAS criticised the European Commission on Monday for taking a “cautious” approach to consolidation in the industry at a time when the EU is adding to the cost of flying. Anko van der Werff, whose long-struggling carrier is the largest in Scandinavia, listed the European Union’s flagship scheme to help curb greenhouse gas emissions as among the reasons why the EU “clearly wants flying to be more expensive”. He said the opening by EU antitrust regulators last week of in-depth investigations into Lufthansa’s bid for a minority stake in ITA and I…

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