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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10901

2 August 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Airlines welcome state aid review

Brussels, 01/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - European airlines have welcomed the prospect of a review of state aid rules on the public funding of airports and airlines and have called for stricter criteria.

With the public consultation on this subject still ongoing, the Association of European Airlines (AEA) expressed its point of view in a press release on 31 July. It pointed out that, in many cases, the success of regional EU airports is not based on market economics, “as demand has been...