EasyJet in pole to take ITA-Lufthansa Linate slots

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 15 - EasyJet is in pole position to take over the thirty daily slots that ITA Airways and Lufthansa must cede at Linate airport and to take over the problematic short-haul routes from Italy to Central Europe, part of the agreement reached between the two companies and Brussels in July for the green light to the Italo-German merger, EU sources said Tuesday.
    The British low-cost airline is seen as a good carrier to protect competition, with a better profile than its Spanish competitor Volotea.
    The EU Commission, the same sources highlighted, is aiming to give its final authorization in November, before the end of its mandate. (ANSA).