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FRANKFURT (AFX) - German travel agency Alltours said it will not use TUI AG's newly-created airline TUIfly, Die Welt reported in an article that will be published on Monday.'This summer we are talking about 200,000 airline seats, about 16 pct of Alltours' total flight needs,' Alltours' head Willi Verhuven said without giving a reason for the move.Verhuven said the travel agency's customers will fly more frequently with German charter airline LTU, Condor, a joint venture owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Karstadtquelle AG, and Air Berlin. It is also looking at flying more customers with budget airlines such as Lufthansa's Germanwings and Easyjet, he said.TUIfly was created through a merger of TUI airlines Hapag Lloyd Express and Hapagfly.Tyler.Sitte@afxnews.comts/wjCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2006. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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TUI's airline TUIfly interested in alliances and acquisitions 