Ryanair Strasbourg appeal rejected by French court

A French appeal court has rejected a plea by Irish low-cost airline Ryanair Holdings PLC and the operator of the Strasbourg airport for suspension of a court ruling against subsidy payments to the carrier.

The previous court ruling found that payments by the airport operator, the local chamber of commerce, to the airline in the form of advertising to promote the London-Strasbourg route amounted to an improper subsidy.