BRUSSELS BACKS SUBSIDY PACKAGE FOR MARSEILLE PROVENCE AIRPORT
March 15th, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the payment of Euro EUR12.3 million investment aid by French national, regional and local governments to help redevelop Marseille Provence airport in southern France. Brussels said subsidies for restructuring the airport (EUR3.6 million), developing freight services (EUR1.5 million) and building a low cost terminal (EUR7.2 million) were legal under European Union (EU) state aid rules. The Commission added that discounts granted to airlines adding new flights to Marseilles, night parking of planes and differentiated charges ...
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