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FILE PHOTO: Air Canada aircraft are pictured at Vancouver’s international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019. REUTERS\/Ben Nelms\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has approved Air Canada\u2019s purchase of troubled rival Transat A.T. Inc, subject to a number of conditions, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Alghabra said the COVID-19 pandemic was a key factor in the decision, given that Air Transat had already made clear a slump in travel was hitting its finances.<\/p>\n

Air Canada\u2019s commitments include encouraging and helping other airlines to take up former Transat routes to Europe, preserving the Transat head office in the province of Quebec and facilitating aircraft maintenance in Canada, he added.<\/p>\n

In December, Transat shareholders approved a sharply discounted C$188.7 million ($149 million) buyout offer from Air Canada, after COVID-19 hit travel demand.<\/p>\n

Air Canada, the nation\u2019s largest carrier, initially reached a deal before the pandemic to buy the Montreal-based operator of Air Transat, in a move to bolster its then-thriving leisure business.<\/p>\n

The deal is still pending approval from the European Union, which halted its investigation into the deal on Dec. 22.<\/p>\n

($1 = 1.2699 Canadian dollars)<\/p>\n

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