On 24 May 2023, Savvas S. Papasavvas, Vice-President of the General Court of the EU, reading the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU in the case Ryanair v Commission (Italy - aid scheme - COVID-19) on a compensation scheme for airlines with an Italian operating license (state aid/Covid 19) (T-268/21), at the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg.
This case confirms the annulation of the Commission’s decision to approve an aid measure consisting in subsidies paid by Italy to Italian airlines in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.