European Commission approves Lufthansa-ITA Airways merger

ROME, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission on Wednesday gave its approval to the proposed merger between Italian flagship carrier ITA Airways and Germany's Lufthansa.

The deal between the two airlines has been in the works since ITA Airways was formed in 2020. The German carrier had also been in talks with Alitalia, the predecessor to ITA Airways, before Alitalia went bankrupt and was dissolved and then restructured as ITA Airways.