Rover takeover unlawful and proposed airlines merger

Title

Rover takeover unlawful and proposed airlines merger

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Leon Brittan, EC Commissioner in charge of free competition, is asked about the decision that the UK government was guilty of breaching common market rules in the selling of Rover to British Aerospace using financial sweeteners; and concerns over proposed link between airlines British Airways, Sabina and KLM to increase services from Britain’s crowded airports by utalizing spare capacity at Brussels Airport. Male interviewer ? Fraser.

Contributors

Leon Brittan

Keywords

Economic competition; British Aerospace; British Airways; Corruption; Mergers; Rover; EC; Sabina; KLM

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