Ryanair in cooperation talks with Alitalia, to fight Lufthansa deal
Ryanair is in talks about providing connecting flights to Alitalia’s long-haul services and has raised objections with German authorities about a Lufthansa-Air Berlin tie-up, as it tries to ease its expansion in continental Europe. The airline is looking to add 11m passengers in the year to March 2018 and has frozen expansion in top market Britain in the wake of its decision to leave the EU. But it is unlikely to look to acquisitions to fuel that growth due to inefficiencies at rivals and the fact most have Airbus fleets, rather than Boeing planes as used by Ryanair, CE Michael O'Leary said. Ryanair is currently in talks with Alitalia about providing feeder flights to its long-haul hubs in a deal that could help the Italian carrier curb losses on short-haul flights. <br/>
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Ryanair in cooperation talks with Alitalia, to fight Lufthansa deal
Ryanair is in talks about providing connecting flights to Alitalia’s long-haul services and has raised objections with German authorities about a Lufthansa-Air Berlin tie-up, as it tries to ease its expansion in continental Europe. The airline is looking to add 11m passengers in the year to March 2018 and has frozen expansion in top market Britain in the wake of its decision to leave the EU. But it is unlikely to look to acquisitions to fuel that growth due to inefficiencies at rivals and the fact most have Airbus fleets, rather than Boeing planes as used by Ryanair, CE Michael O'Leary said. Ryanair is currently in talks with Alitalia about providing feeder flights to its long-haul hubs in a deal that could help the Italian carrier curb losses on short-haul flights. <br/>
