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Lufthansa Loses Fight over Bailout at EU Top Court
The court said the European Commission broke emergency state aid rules when it approved the bailout, which Lufthansa has already repaid.
- On Thursday, the European Court of Justice dismissed Lufthansa's appeal, upholding a General Court ruling that annulled the European Commission's approval of the airline's €6 billion pandemic-era recapitalisation.
- Irish carrier Ryanair and Condor brought the original legal challenge, with the court concluding the Commission had "infringed" emergency rules designed to support the economy during crises.
- Ryanair's spokesman added that the German air transport market fails to recover pre-Covid traffic due to high access costs and penal Government taxes, creating an uneven competitive field.
- Lufthansa, which has already repaid the €6 billion bailout cash, said it will "engage constructively" in the ongoing Commission investigation intended to reach a new decision.
- Amid pension disputes and strike action, the airline announced plans earlier this week to cut 20,000 short-haul flights and permanently withdraw 27 CityLine aircraft from its schedule.
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Six years after the start of the case, the German company Lufthansa was definitively dismissed. Several companies had filed an appeal following aid of almost €6 billion granted due to the Covid-19 pandemic which had nailed its planes to the ground.
The crisis accumulates to Lufthansa in full attempt to rearrange its business in Europe. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has definitively overthrown the Community support for the rescue of 6 billion approved by Germany during the pandemic, while the air group is preparing a commercial turnaround that goes by charging the cabin suitcase on short and medium distance flights. The European ruling not only leaves the European Commis…
In the dispute over billion-dollar Corona aid payments for Lufthansa, the ECJ has confirmed the ruling of the first instance. The approval of the EU thus remains void.
Billions of aid for Lufthansa in the Corona pandemic will be put to the test at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Thursday (9.30 a.m.).The airline is running against a judgment of the EU Court of First Instance, which largely overturned the approval of state aid two years ago.The EU Commission made mistakes in its examination, the court justified its judgment in May 2023. (Az. C-457/23 P)This was the case for the competitor Ryanair …
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