Vueling and Clickair to merge

[Peter Robins]

Not news from Santiago, but may be relevant to those flying to Galicia.
Subject to anti-trust approval; under the Vueling name, but with Iberia as the largest shareholder
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121547572910034131.html
If it goes ahead, it will be interesting to see whether/which routes are axed.

 

[ivar]

I heard this last night... and not sure if this is good news. Iberia now has practically monopoly on Santiago - Barcelona and Santiago - Madrid... :?

Ivar

 

[Peter Robins]

presumably the anti-trust people will be looking into that. From October you can fly Ryanair to Reus - not quite Barcelona, but close ;-) Increasingly, both Ryanair and easyJet are flying domestic routes in Spain. And then there's always the AVE - in 2012 or whenever it is . . .

 

[Peter Robins]

I see from a report today they're now talking of 2015 for the completion of the section to Orense

 

[Peter Robins]

this marriage will be consummated tomorrow http://www.spanishnews.es/20090707-spai ... es/id=606/
Officially, Vueling is taking over Clickair, so the Clickair brand will disappear, but Iberia will be the largest shareholder, so in essence it's Iberia taking over Vueling without appearing to

The LHR-Corunna and LHR-Vigo routes will continue under Vueling branding.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

The merger is done, so the impact on routes should be known.