The Fair Trade Commission on Friday gave its final seal of approval to the planned integration between Japan Airlines Co. and Japan Air System Co.
The merger will create the nation's largest airline.
The trade watchdog halted the airlines' original integration plan last month, releasing an interim report in which it claimed that the maneuver would hinder competition in the domestic airline industry by cutting the number of major airlines from three to two.
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