On Friday 10 September, the European Commission found that Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A. (ITA) is not the economic successor to Alitalia and therefore the company is not liable to repay the illegal State aid received by Alitalia. It also validated Italy’s capital injections of 1.35 billion euros into the new company.
Away due to illness, Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President in charge of Competition Policy, was unable to hold a press conference in Brussels on this issue. She has...