An Aerlingus Airbus A320 at Belfast International Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland, December 1st, 2008. The budget airline Ryanair is to make a fresh takeover offer for the Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus. The all-cash offer would value Aer Lingus at 748m euros ($950m; £619m). Ryanair's previous offer for Aer Lingus, which valued it at euros, was blocked by the European Commission on competition grounds. Its judgment said that the combined airline would have controlled more than 80% of European flights to and from Dublin airport. The airline said that since its last offer was blocked by


An Aerlingus Airbus A320 at Belfast International Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland, December 1st, 2008. The budget airline Ryanair is to make a fresh takeover offer for the Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus. The all-cash offer would value Aer Lingus at 748m euros ($950m; £619m). Ryanair's previous offer for Aer Lingus, which valued it at euros, was blocked by the European Commission on competition grounds. Its judgment said that the combined airline would have controlled more than 80% of European flights to and from Dublin airport. The airline said that since its last offer was blocked by the Commission, there had been big changes in the sector. Photo/Paul McErlane


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