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Air Berlin files complaint against German airport's aid for Ryanair

25-Jun-2008
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Air Berlin files complaint against German airport's aid for Ryanair

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(XFN ASIA) - Air Berlin Plc. has filed a complaint against Luebeck airport with the German Federal Court of Justice, claiming the airport granted special conditions to rival Ryanair Holdings Plc., Leipziger Volkszeitung reported, citing an Air Berlin spokesman.

 

The German Association of Airlines sees the test case as a possible precedent future cases related to airports subsidizing carriers, the newspaper said.

The European Commission last year launched formal state aid investigations into several airports including the one in Luebeck for signing bilateral contracts offering airlines lower airport charges than those proposed by published airport charge regulation.

Luebeck airport concluded a bilateral contract with Ryanair in 2000 that the Commission at the time said may constitute illegal and incompatible state aid.

 


Date posted: 25-Jun-08

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