Ryanair lodge appeals against EU invetsigations

Ryanair today lodged appeals against eight separate EU investigations into State aid at regional airports throughout Europe. The investigations concern the airports of Luebeck, Berlin-Schoenfeld, Tampere, Algero, Pau, Aarhus,   Bratislava and Hahn and centre around the financial packages offered to Low Cost Carriers. The EU Commission has refused Ryanair access to documentation concerning the investigations which Jim Callaghan, Ryanair's Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs says " contravenes the principle of openness and transparency enshrined in the EU Treaty."