Ryanair has won its challenge against the European Union’s (EU) Covid-19 state aid granted to rival Air France-KLM. The EU General Court has ruled that the grants of €7 billion in 2020 and €4 billion in 2021 to Air France-KLM was illegal. Ryanair has called on the European Commission to order France to immediately recover the now-ruled illegal state aid package from Air France-KLM and impose “adequate remedies to repair at least some of the damage to competition done” by the payout.” An unnamed Ryanair spokesperson said in a press release: “The EU Commission’s spineless approach to state aid since

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