Ryanair welcomes EU Court rulings on Air France-KLM and TAP state aid

Ryanair has welcomed the EU General Court’s rulings that State aid measures favouring Air France-KLM and TAP were in breach of EU law. Ryanair appealed the European Commission’s approvals of illegal State subsidies to the EU General Court in 2020. Ryanair’s spokesperson said: “One of the EU’s greatest achievements is the creation of a single market for air transport.  The European Commission’s approvals of State aid to Air France-KLM and TAP went against the fundamental principles of EU law and reversed the clock on the process of liberalisation in air transport by rewarding inefficiency and encouraging unfair competition. During the Covid-19