National carrier Turkish Airlines' chief executive Temel Kotil said today that his company did not plan to buy Aer Lingus.
"The EU does not favour a company outside the union holding a majority stake. There isn't a liberal market there, our path for inorganic growth in the EU is currently blocked," Kotil said at a conference in Istanbul.
Media reports last weekend said that Turkish Airlines may be a potential bidder for Aer Lingus and was assessing the airline.
