EU court rules against state aid for German airline Condor

A Condor aircraft in Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)

A top European Union court annulled the EU’s approval of 550 million euros in state aid for German airline Condor, backing a challenge by budget carrier Ryanair but suspending the application of the ruling because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The decision by the General Court was in many ways similar to rulings last month in which it annulled EU approval of 3.4 billion euros in state aid for the Netherlands’ KLM and a potential total of 1.2 billion euros for Portugal’s TAP.