SAME STATE AID RULES DO NOT WORK FOR ALL LOCAL AIRPORTS, EU REGIONS REPRESENTATIVES SAY
August 1st, 2013
REPRESENTATIVES of regions from France and Sweden have asked the European Commission to take into account major differences between regional airports in Europe which can receive public support to operate under its revised state aid guidelines.Under the new rules, expected to be passed in January, airports with under 3 million passengers per year could receive public operational subsidies for up to 10 years, but afterwards they would have to survive on market-based revenues.“Some of them will never become profitable,” said Annabelle Lepièce, a lawyer ...
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