Ryanair Escalates Spat With Air France-KLM, Lufthansa Over EU Ownership Rules

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Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary, incensed that Air France-KLM and Lufthansa have asked Brussels to look into whether Ryanair’s ownership complies with EU rules, has threatened to pull his airline out of Airlines for Europe (A4E) by year-end unless the legacy carriers leave the lobbying group first...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week's global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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