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Air Canada-Transat deal shelved over competition concerns

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James Chapple
6 April 2021

Air Canada has ended its pursuit of Transat over concerns the deal would be blocked by the European Commission on competition grounds.

Air Transat will also increase its Gatwick-Toronto service to daily flights

Terms were agreed in June 2019, which would have seen Air Canada pay C$18 per Transat share.


However, this valuation was revised down to just C$5 per share last October owing to the effects of the Covid crisis.


The deal was approved by the Canadian government in February, subject to approval by competition authorities in Canada and the European Commission.


At the weekend, though, it was announced the deal was off.