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title: "EU orders France to recover EUR1.8 million from Ryanair"
description: "The EU has ordered France to recover EUR1.8 million from Ryanair, stating the airline improperly received state aid linked to Carcassonne airport. An investigation revealed that contracts with the air"
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published_at: "2025-09-22T10:35:29.000Z"
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# EU orders France to recover EUR1.8 million from Ryanair

> The EU has ordered France to recover EUR1.8 million from Ryanair, stating the airline improperly received state aid linked to Carcassonne airport. An investigation revealed that contracts with the airport's former manager provided Ryanair with an unfair advantage, as marketing fees were increased while passenger charges were reduced. Consequently, France is required to reclaim the incompatible aid along with interest. Following the announcement, Ryanair's shares dropped by 1.0% to EUR22.63.

(Alliance News) - The EU on Monday ordered France to recover EUR1.8 million from Ryanair Holdings PLC, after concluding the low-cost Dublin-based airline had wrongly received state aid from the entity managing Carcassonne airport.

The European Commission, the EU's antitrust watchdog, opened a probe in 2012 to determine whether Ryanair and the airport's former manager struck agreements that were in line with the bloc's state aid rules.

The investigation found 11 contracts with the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Carcassonne-Limoux-Castelnaudary, CCI, a public entity and the airport's manager until 2011, "conferred an advantage on Ryanair", the commission said.

"The profitability of the contracts evolved to the benefit of Ryanair because CCI started paying higher marketing fees to Ryanair, for similar services, while reducing its passenger charges," it added.

The commission concluded the total advantage amounted to EUR1.8 million.

"France must now recover the incompatible aid, plus interest."

Ryanair shares fell 1.0% to EUR22.63 each on Monday morning in Dublin.

source: AFP

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