"Airline hawks are ready to strike"

Business Week, June 19, 2000, p. 52.

 

Synopsis:

The opening case in chapter 8 describes the mergers that had occurred in the European insurance industry. 

 

Focusing on the talks between British Airways (BA) and Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), this article reports the consolidation in the European airline industry. If the talks succeed, a BA-KLM merger would be the first major cross-border deal in the European airline business. Deregulation and a single market make it clear that the number of European carriers, which are now twelve, should be reduced to probably four. Other potential mergers in the European airline industry are also summarized.

 

Full-text Article:: http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_25/b3686102.htm

 

 

Case connection:

"Consolidation in the European Insurance Market" in Chapter 8 (pp.230-232).