Originally Posted by mart901
It may very well be an investigation by the EU being tackled by indirect means.
What would be the point in that? There's nothing to stop the European Commission reopening an investigation, which they've done plenty of times.
The fact is the EC have done their investigations and made the decision to block a merger between Ryanair and Aer Lingus, which was later upheld by the European Courts of Justice, who also ruled Ryanair could retain their 30% shareholding.
So there's nothing for the UK OFT to investigate, they're just wasting their own taxpayers money.