Calling All Airlines

Selected slots on offer for routes from Brussels and from Vienna

On 22 June 2009, the European Commission approved the acquisition of SN Airholding SA (Brussels Airlines) by Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) subject to conditions.

On 28 August 2009, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Austrian Airlines AG by Lufthansa subject to conditions.

In both cases, Lufthansa committed to facilitate the entry of new airlines on certain routes or the introduction of new frequencies by competing airlines on any of these routes by offering slots at the congested airports concerned. More specifically, Lufthansa offered to make available slots free of charge for operations on the following routes:

The complete text of the commitments entered into by Lufthansa with respect to the release of slots on these routes is available on the website of the European Commission.

For the routes Brussels-Frankfurt, Brussels-Munich, Brussels-Hamburg and Brussels-Zurich at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m5335_20090622_20600_en.pdf
and for the routes Vienna-Frankfurt, Vienna-Munich, Vienna-Stuttgart, Vienna-Cologne and Vienna-Brussels at http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m5440_20090828_20600_en.pdf.

Duff & Phelps acts as Monitoring Trustee on behalf of the European Commission to coordinate the expressions of interest in slots on the above-mentioned routes and to advise the European Commission on the qualifications of interested airlines.

Duff & Phelps kindly invites interested parties to express their interest as soon as possible by contacting Mr. Jan Jaap Snel or Mr. Maurice de Valois Turk at the address below.

Duff & Phelps BV
Rembrandt Tower
Amstelplein 1
1096 HA. Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 851 51 51

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