18/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - Approval for public funding for innovative Dutch regional jet. On 17 November, the European Commission gave authorisation to the Netherlands to grant a repayable advance of €19.7 million to Rekkof Aircraft N.V, for the development of a new generation of Fokker regional aircraft. The Commission found the aid to be compatible with the EU framework for state aid for research, development and innovation. It said that the aid was “limited to the minimum necessary,...