British Airways owner IAG agrees to buy bmi

LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways owner IAG has agreed to buy Lufthansa's British unit bmi to boost growth prospects at its London Heathrow hub, it said on Friday, as it reported results showing the pressure airlines were under from higher fuel costs.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19d09037/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=British+Airways+owner+IAG+agrees+to+buy+bmi&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fuk-lufthansa-iag-idUKTRE7A310N20111104%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=British+Airways+owner+IAG+agrees+to+buy+bmi&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fuk-lufthansa-iag-idUKTRE7A310N20111104%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117795607138/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19d09037/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117795607138/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19d09037/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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