On Tuesday 31 March the European Commission authorised a scheme introduced by France to defer the payment by airlines of certain aeronautical taxes. This scheme aims to partially compensate airlines for the damage suffered by them as a result of the coronavirus crisis in the sector by temporarily reducing the pressure on their cash flow.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President in charge of Competition Policy, said that this was “the first State Aid measure notified to us by a Member...