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Italian authorities get their hands on airline merger after a three year postponement

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The Italian competition authority launched a long-delayed investigation into the Alitalia-CAI merger to determine its impact on the profitable Rome-Milan route and 17 other destinations

OFT sends British Airways and Virgin Atlantic a statement of objections on alleged fuel surcharge cartel

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 10 2011

The OFT’s investigation into allegations of collusion between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic over the pricing of passenger fuel surcharges for long haul flights has reached the next step

Commission fails to act in response to Ryanair complaints

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 21 2011

The General Court (in T-44207) has found that the European Commission failed in its obligation by not defining its position in response to complaints by Ryanair that the Italian government had granted state aid to Italian airlines Alitalia and Volare

BAA challenges decision by Competition Commission on divestment of airports

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 3 2011

BAA claims that the Competition Commission’s (CC) conclusions over the need for divestment of airports are “flawed” and “irrational”

OFT's investigation into Ryanair's Aer Lingus stake not time barred

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 19 2011

Ryanair has announced its intention to appeal the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling that the Office of Fair Trading was not time barred from investigating Ryanair's 29.4 per cent equity stake in Aer Lingus

In-depth investigation into air transport in France, Germany, Ireland

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Germany, Ireland
  • -
  • July 27 2011

On 13 July 2011 the European Commission opened three in-depth state aid investigations regarding the Marseille and Frankfurt Hahn airports and an investigation into lower taxes for air passengers in Ireland for domestic flights

In-depth investigation into plans for Germany’s LeipzigHalle airport

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • June 17 2011

Public financing of new infrastructure measures to upgrade Germany’s LeipzigHalle airport are currently under scrutiny by the European Commission

General Court rules on Ryanair’s claim that Commission failed to act on its complaints

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 31 2011

The GC has ruled on Ryanair’s application for a declaration that the Commission failed to act by not responding to its November 2005 complaint concerning the exclusive use of Munich Airport’s Terminal 2 by Lufthansa and its Star Alliance Partners

No interim remedy for Arriva against Glasgow Airport over allegations of abuse

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 12 2011

The bus company, Arriva, took interim action against Glasgow Airport Limited (GAL) alleging that GAL's refusal to provide access to an area immediately outside terminal amounted to an abuse of a dominant position

Commission consults on revised state aid rules for the aviation industry

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • April 26 2011

On 7 April 2011, the Commission opened a public consultation on the application of the 2005 EU Guidelines on the financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines from regional airports