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Bucharest, Aug 10 /Agerpres/ - TAROM puts up for sale 159 euro-worth round-trip tickets for the August 10-14 2018 interval, for destinations in Europe and not only, the company informs on Friday.

Tickets that cost 159 euros, all fees included, are thus available for flights between Bucharest and Amman, Nice, Paris, Madrid and also between Timisoara and Paris and Cluj and Paris.

MILAN (Reuters) - EasyJet (EZJ.L) is still keen on parts of Alitalia after an Italian minister said this week the government wants the majority of the carrier under state control, the chief executive of the British low cost airline told daily Corriere della Sera.

The acquisition by Romania's national air carrier TAROM of five Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft is part of a wider contract that also provides for the commencement of procedures for the Technical Division of TAROM to become an official Boeing partner, the Transport Ministry said Monday in a press statement.

Dutch airline KLM says it will halt flights to Tehran "as a result of the negative results and financial outlook" following the U.S. withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear accord.

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines signed a $5 billion deal with Airbus for up to 42 aircraft to renew its fleet of single-aisle planes, stay competitive and add capacity for future expansion.

It is the largest order by a Greek carrier and third time Aegean has invested in new aircraft since launching operations 19 years ago.

The increase in passenger traffic and the strengthening of the seat occupancy rate during the traditionally weak first quarter of the year served to limit the Aegean Air group's losses.

The carrier's turnover grew 9 percent year-on-year in the January-March period to reach 165.4 million euros, while passenger traffic climbed 12 percent to 2.4 million.

Air France-KLM boss Jean-Marc Janaillac announced his resignation on May 4 after staff at the carrier's French operations rejected a pay deal aimed at ending weeks of strikes.

ATW - The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Italy's €900 million ($1.1 billion) bridge loan to flag carrier Alitalia constituted state aid and whether it complied with European Union (EU) rules for aid to companies in difficulty.

EU anti-trust regulators on April 23 opened an in-depth probe to establish whether a massive rescue loan by the Italian government to troubled airline Alitalia constituted illegal state aid.

Air France KLM shares fell on Monday as its Air France division faced further disruption to flights due to workers striking in protest over pay, reported Reuters.

Air France KLM shares were down 1.4 percent in early trading, among the worst performers on Paris' SBF-120 index.