Ryanair to take legal action against Commission

RYANAIR is to take legal action against the European Commission for not investigating its claims that other airlines are receiving billions of euro in illegal state aid.

Ryanair, which had its bid for Aer Lingus blocked by the commission last month, said it submitted a complaint to the commission last year alleging that Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia and Greek airline Olympic were in receipt of payments from their respective governments amounting to hundreds of millions of euro.

In the case of Air France, Ryanair claims the French government has providing the carrier with discounted airport fees over the last seven years.