British Airways prepare to buy Lufthansa's BMI

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Source: Bloomberg

British Airways parent company IAG agreed to acquire Lufthansa's BMI unit for ВЈ172.5 million ($270.5 million) beating Virgin Atlantic Airways counterbid. IAG needs BMI division in UK to provide mainline operations at Heathrow, the European most active airport. Lufthansa has been thinking of sale after BMI wrecked $291 million in operating losses after takeover in 2009.

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