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De Palacio: "The cheap prices of the low-cost carriers should not be the result of state aids"

Rome, Italy - The Ue Commissioner to the Transports has said she is for the free competition principle

The presence of the low-cost airlines is a positive fact as long as their cheap prices are not the result of violations to the free competition principle. It is what has been declared today in Rome by the Ue Commissioner to the Transports Loyola De Palacio, at the end of an audition at the Italian Deputy Chamber. "I see positively the existence of the low-cost carriers in Europe, because they are a...

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