In a judgment handed down on Wednesday 25 June (Case T-366/22), the General Court of the European Union dismissed the action brought by the low-cost airline Ryanair against State aid that Germany had granted in 2020 to the charter company Condor in order to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
The disputed measure consists of aid of €144.1 million and two loans from KfW backed by a public guarantee totalling €400 million. It was re-approved in July 2021 by the European Commission after a...