{"id":113687,"date":"2021-07-19T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=113687"},"modified":"2021-07-19T23:44:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T23:44:57","slug":"eu-regulators-okay-klm-bailout-tweaks-decision-after-court-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/07\/eu-regulators-okay-klm-bailout-tweaks-decision-after-court-veto.html","title":{"rendered":"EU regulators okay KLM bailout, tweaks decision after court veto."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 3.4-billion-euro ($2.9 billion) Dutch bailout for Air France-KLM\u2019s Dutch unit was necessary and proportionate, EU state aid regulators said on Monday after Europe\u2019s second-top court annulled their decision in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/07\/air-france-klm-talks-with-boeing-airbus-mega-order-aircraft.html\">Air France-KLM in talks with Boeing and Airbus for mega order aircraft.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Luxembourg-based General Court said that the European Commission, which acts as the bloc\u2019s competition enforcer, had not provided adequate reasoning why KLM was the only beneficiary of the Dutch aid and why the airline had not benefited from French support given to its parent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-eu-air-france-klm-idUSKBN2EP10D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judges suspended the annulments, giving the Commission another chance to decide on the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/06\/klm-recovers-network-destinations-in-north-america.html\">KLM recovers its network of destinations in North America.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission said it had addressed the court\u2019s concerns and also examined the Dutch and French aid and their effective beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn this basis, the 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