Airline mergers are common and good for profits and for passengers

As a shareholder of Aer Lingus Plc, I agree to the aims of IAG’s takeover offer. Why? The market rules. No offer would have been made if it wasn’t good value for both parties.

The airline business is global, and, in the long-term, Aer Lingus can’t operate as a single player.

Alliances in the airline business are common and everybody profits from them: passengers, airlines and airports.

But I suspect that IAG could raise the offer and kick off a truly unfriendly takeover.

Just 50.1% ownership is enough to overcome the State-owned shares.

The Government seems more concerned with voters, unions, and elections; in other words, national pride rather than economic sense.

Ivo Buzov

Rudolf Breitscheid Str.

16341

Panketal

Germany