Greek airline sale runs into crisis
9th Sep 2005, 02:57 GMT
An agreement to sell Olympic Airlines to a Greek-American investor group could come apart when the European Commission rules on Wednesday that the loss-making Greek carrier must repay "substantial amounts" of illegal state aid.
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