Finnair denies takeover talks with IAG, but Lufthansa and SIA link up on Euro routes

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News of joint ventures – and non-takeovers – today. First, Finnair and IAG have denied that the UK airline group is in talks to take over the Finnish airline.

Speculation appears to have started at the CAPA summit in Helsinki, when Finnair’s CCO, Juha Järvinen, talking about the threat from the Middle Eastern carriers, said: “It is a niche where we survive by ourselves or we become part of a consolidation.”

This followed comments on the successful partnership ? both passenger and ...