On Wednesday 13 May, the General Court of the European Union dismissed the appeals against the European Commission’s decision which, in July 2016, had declared Sardinia’s aid to the airlines easyJet, Volotea and Germanwings serving the island to be illegal (Cases T-8/18, T-607/17 and T-716/17).
In 2010, the Autonomous Region of Sardinia had authorised the financing of the island’s airports for the development of air transport, in particular through the seasonal adjustment of air...