LH not ruling out a sale of bmi if it makes sense "in the total picture"
Lufthansa remains open to disposing of U.K. unit BMI if a sale makes sense “in the total picture,” Lauer told journalists in Vienna, where the German company -- which owns Austrian Airlines -- named an Airbus SAS A380 superjumbo after the city.
BMI, the second-biggest slot holder at London’s Heathrow airport, has been hit “particularly hard” by a traffic slump prompted by unrest in the Middle East, and Lufthansa doesn’t exclude any options for the division, the executive said.
Cologne-based Lufthansa is not currently considering a move for SAS Group as the Nordic carrier’s government investors look to dispose of stakes, said Lauer. “We are busy enough with the companies that we’ve bought in Europe,” he said. “I don’t think this is the time to think about anything else.”
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