Ryanair Ordered to Repay Millions; Airline to Appeal After Ec Ruling On Cut-Price Airport Deals

The Herald › February 04, 2004

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CHEAP flights to Europe could be a thing of the past after a landmark ruling yesterday by the European Commission which will force Ryanair to pay back millions of pounds in illegal subsidies.

The Irish airline said it would launch an appeal after it was told that the cut-price rates it received from the Belgian government to operate out of Charleroi airport were illegal.

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Ryanair Ordered to Repay Millions; Airline to Appeal After Ec Ruling On Cut-Price Airport Deals

The grants included cuts in landing and ground-handling fees and one-off injections of funds for hiring staff, mar...

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