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Ryanair Loses EU Fight Over €150 Million Austrian Airlines Aid

  • Judges say EU correctly approved Austria’s Covid-19 support
  • Ryanair has fought a slate of approval decisions by EU

Austrian Airlines and Ryanair passenger jets in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Ryanair Holdings Plc lost its European Union court challenge over a €150 million ($163 million) Covid-19 bailout for rival carrier Austrian Airlines AG.

The EU’s top court in Luxembourg said Monday that a 2020 loan by Austrian authorities didn’t violate the bloc’s tough state-aid rulebook, backing an earlier ruling Bloomberg Terminalfrom its lower tribunal.