Following an in-depth investigation initiated in July 2018 (see EUROPE B12055A25), the European Commission concluded in early August that marketing services contracts worth 8.5 million euros between the Association de promotion des flux touristiques et économiques (APFTE) and Ryanair at Montpellier airport, are illegal under EU state aid rules.
Between 2010 and 2017, the APFTE concluded various marketing contracts with Ryanair and its subsidiary AMS, under which the latter received...