Ryanair has welcomed the May 10 ruling by the European Union General Court that the European Commission was wrong to approve the €6bn in German state aid given to Lufthansa during the Covid travel meltdown. Ryanair in 2021 challenged handouts to Lufthansa and other carriers, including Denmark’s and Swedens granting of €1bn to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), arguing that the payments were discriminatory and anti-competitive. The court’s judgement was that the commission erred in its justifications for approval as it did not give sufficient consideration to whether Lufthansa could have raised a non-negligible amount via financial markets. “While the Covid-19 crisis
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