Aug 16, 2017

Ryanair accuses Lufthansa of Air Berlin 'conspiracy'

Ryanair has accused Lufthansa and the German government of conspiring to carve up collapsed airline Air Berlin. Ryanair said there was an "Obvious conspiracy" between Germany, Lufthansa and Air Berlin to carve up the assets. "Ryanair said:"This manufactured insolvency is clearly being set up to allow Lufthansa to take over a debt-free Air Berlin which will be in breach of all known German and EU competition rules. "Now even the German government is supporting this Lufthansa-led monopoly with 150m euros of state aid so that Lufthansa can acquire Air Berlin and drive domestic air fares in Germany even higher than they already are." Ryanair has in the past made other criticisms of the relationship between Air Berlin and Lufthansa.

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