Ryanair plane ready to start as authorities clear plane

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• A low-cost airline Ryanair was stopped in France shortly before departure.
• The French authorities therefore wanted to force the airline to repay the state aid.

The 149 pbadengers should not have been surprised: last Friday, the French authorities stopped a plane of the Irish airline Ryanair just before departure.

Target for the confiscation of the machine was the call to repay public funds"It is unfortunate that the state has been forced to do so," said the authority of civil aviation.

According to Ryanair around paid half a million eurosto get the plane for free again. The airline has not yet confirmed payment.

Ryanair plane confiscated in Bordeaux

The plane was en route from Bordeaux to London on Thursday night when it was stopped. For the 149 pbadengers, we had to wait: we could only five hours late and another plane to London.

The reason for the seizure is a decision of the European Commission in 2014. At that time, the airline was asked to repay a state aid.

It was badumed that Ryanair on Local airport of Angouleme in 2008 and 2009 conditions were grantedthis distortion of competition, says the report.