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EU lifts interim measures in Lufthansa antitrust investigation
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
The EU has lifted interim measures in Lufthansa's antitrust investigation, affecting Condor's network access. The main investigation is ongoing.
(Reuters) -The European Commission has dropped previously announced interim measures against Lufthansa as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation, it said on Thursday.
The Commission said last month that it would order the German carrier to reinstate charter airline Condor's access to Lufthansa's short-haul network to feed Condor's Frankfurt-New York route.
The order related to an investigation of a joint venture between Lufthansa, United Airlines and Air Canada, which the EU executive believes could restrict competition for flights between Frankfurt and New York.
The Commission had said Lufthansa should reinstate arrangements agreed in June 2024 that provided feeder traffic to Condor to and from Frankfurt, which had ceased to apply in December.
Further consideration of all evidence, however, had shown that not all legal conditions for the interim measures were met, the Commission said on Thursday.
"This comes without prejudice to the ongoing investigation in the main proceedings," it added.
(Reporting by Bart MeijerEditing by David Goodman)
The main topic is the EU's decision to lift interim measures in an antitrust investigation involving Lufthansa and its joint venture with United Airlines and Air Canada.
Interim measures were imposed to ensure Condor's access to Lufthansa's short-haul network, which was part of the antitrust investigation.
The interim measures have been lifted, but the main investigation into the joint venture's impact on competition continues.
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