EC orders 3 airlines to repay $13.6m in ‘illegal subsidies’

The European Commission (EC) has ruled that airlines Ryanair, Tuifly and HLX must repay €12.7m ($13.8m) paid to them in ‘unfair subsidies’ to Klagenfurt Airport – Austria’s fifth largest commercial airport. In a major decision with huge ramifications, the European Commission has ruled that ‘certain airport services and marketing agreements’ between Austria’s small Klagenfurt