European Commission approves sale of Asiana Airlines’ cargo business to Air Incheon

The European Commission has approved the sale of Asiana Airlines’ cargo business to Air Incheon to enable Korean Air to move closer to acquiring Asiana Airlines.

On February 13, the Commission had approved the proposed acquisition of Asiana by Korean, but as part of this, Korean had to commit to divesting Asiana’s cargo business in order to address concerns that the acquisition would result in reduced competition between Europe and South Korea, as per a report.