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Irish airline Ryanair said on 29 November that it has lodged a further case in the European Court of First Instance.
According to Ryanair, this case was lodged against the European Commission's alleged failure to act on the carrier's complaint about illegal state aid to a subsidiary of Alitalia, namely Volare. According to Ryanair, the aid consisted of the write-off of about EUR20m in debts owed by Volare to Italian airports and reductions in airport charges and fuel costs in favour of Volare.
Additionally, Ryanair said it called on the Commission to investigate this, which it says is obvious abuse of European Union competition rules over two years ago, but the Commission has so far failed to do so.
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