UK/SPAIN - The significant and unexpected deficit in British Airways (BA) pension plan has severely slowed down the negotiations on its merger with Iberia, in what would create one of the largest European carriers.
At the end of July, the two airlines announced plans for all share deal. Subsequent talks revolved around the BA's pension plan deficit, severely affected by market turmoil. Spanish media El Paí...
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