Feb 17, 2021
Ryanair loses fight to block rivals' state aid
Ryanair has lost its court battle against state aid granted to rivals Air France and Swedish carrier SAS. The Luxembourg-based General Court said EU rules were not broken when the airlines received bailouts. Airlines have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with much international travel either banned or restricted for long periods. Ryanair criticised a French scheme which allowed airlines to delay paying some tax and a Swedish loan guarantee scheme. The airline has filed 16 awsuits against the European Commission over bailout packages and government help that benefited rivals including Dutch carrier KLM and Germany's Lufthansa. Of the French bailout, the court said: "That aid scheme is appropriate for making good the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and does not constitute discrimination."
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