The European Commission considers that the \u20ac199.45 million support granted by the Italian authorities to the airline Alitalia is in line with EU state aid regulations, according to a statement from the community Executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The measure is intended to compensate for the damages suffered by the airline following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the European Commission assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alitalia, which operates in Italy and has a fleet of over 95 aircraft, transported approximately 20 million passengers in 2019 from its main hub in Rome and other airports in Italy. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Alitalia has recorded a significant decline in its services, resulting in operational losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Italy notified the European Commission regarding the direct aid of \u20ac199.45 million, intended to compensate for the damages suffered by the airline following the pandemic, during the period March 1 – June 15, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n
The European Commission approved a direct aid package of \u20ac199.45 million granted by the Italian government.<\/p>\nWhat period does this financial compensation cover?<\/strong>\n The aid is intended to compensate for damages suffered by the airline between March 1 and June 15, 2020.<\/p>\nWhy was this state aid granted?<\/strong>\n The support was granted to offset the significant operational losses and damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The European Commission considers that the \u20ac199.45 million support granted by the Italian authorities to the airline Alitalia is in line with EU state aid regulations, according to a statement from the community Executive. The measure is intended to compensate for the damages suffered by the airline following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the European Commission…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[262,100],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity","tag-ajutor","tag-alitalia"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118269"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}