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Lufthansa agrees to buy parts of insolvent Air Berlin

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Last Updated : Oct 12 2017 | 6:48 PM IST

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa agreed to buy parts of insolvent German airline Air Berlin for around 210 million euros ($248.72 million), Air Berlin said on Thursday.

The deal includes Air Berlin's Austrian leisure travel airline Niki, its LG Walter regional airline and 20 further aircraft, its said in a statement, adding that the purchase price was subject to adjustments upon closing.

Negotiations with Britain's easyJet and other bidders for other parts of the business are ongoing, Air Berlin said.

($1 = 0.8443 euros)

(Reporting by Maria Sheahan; Editing by Arno Schuetze)

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First Published: Oct 12 2017 | 6:39 PM IST

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