TUI Travel plans to merge Germanwings, Eurowings and TUIfly

TUI Travel PLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Albrecht Knauf Industriebeteiligung GmbH, allowing the parties to proceed with plans to merge their subsidiaries Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft GmbH, Hapag-Lloyd Express GmbH, Germanwings GmbH and Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG under a joint and independent holding company. The prerequisites for the conclusion of legally binding agreements will be a due diligence process and negotiations of the specific details. The merger will require approval by the relevant bodies of the companies involved and by the anti-trust authorities.