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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10664

27 July 2012
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Airlines react to airport taxes in Spain

Brussels, 26/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - European airlines are finding it hard to swallow the severe rise in taxes levied in Spanish airports since 1 July. Low-cost company Ryanair is even planning to reduce its flight schedules to the airports of Barcelona and Madrid for this very reason. The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has urged the Commission to open an investigation to ascertain whether the tax is lawful, considering the Spanish government's approach disproportionate and...

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