Ryanair’s bid for EU state aid injunction against Lufthansa is rejected by court
By Nicholas Hirst ( September 3, 2026, 09:21 GMT | Insight) -- Ryanair's lawsuit to force the European Commission to make Deutsche Lufthansa repay its Covid-19 bailout pending a fresh state aid inquiry into its legality has been rejected. The EU’s General Court dismissed the claim from Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers as “manifestly inadmissible".Ryanair’s bid to make Deutsche Lufthansa reimburse benefits flowing from its Covid-19 bailout pending a fresh EU inquiry into its legality has been rejected by one of the bloc's courts. ...
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