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Spain's Iberia Chairman Conte resigns

Thu Jul 9, 2009 6:48am EDT

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MADRID, July 9 (Reuters) - The chairman of Spanish airline Iberia (IBLA.MC), Fernando Conte, has resigned, the company said on Thursday.

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The news follows a newspaper report that its main shareholder Caja Madrid was unhappy with the lack of progress towards a merger with British Airways (BAY.L).



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