The European Union's antitrust regulator granted conditional approval for the merger of Korean Air with its smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines on Tuesday, leaving only approval from the US pending among the 14 relevant authorities, according to Korean Air. The approval comes after the nation’s largest air carrier submitted a revised merger plan to the European Commission in November last year, which en.
Unionized workers of Asiana Airlines on Tuesday protested the company s merger deal with its larger rival Korean Air, as the company is expected to soon decide whether to sell its cargo division to win antitrust approval from European Union (EU) regulators for the two carriers merger.