The General
Court of the EU dismissed the annulment actions that Niki Luftfahrt GmbH, an Austrian air
carrier had brought against the European Commission (EC) decisions that approved
the takeover of the Austrian legacy carrier Austrian
Airlines by the German carrier Lufthansa.
A few days later, the EC accepted the
commitments offered by SkyTeam members Air France/KLM, Alitalia and Delta on
three transatlantic routes.
In addition and in a more general
framework, the EC initiated an
infringement procedure on the application of the German Minimum Wage law to
the transport sector.
