Will FR sell what they have in Aer Lingus? It seems clear they don't want a merger, but does that rule out other airlines? Such as Lufthansa - for example...
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No real reason to sell stake as already paid for.
They couldn't just start selling a million shares here and there because as a major shareholder all of this has to be disclosed to Stock Exchange and selling all would really have to be to one buyer.
LH has its own problems with its intra European market dropping by 5% plus. I don't see what EI could offer LH that they haven't got already.