The European Court of Justice has torn up its earlier support for the €3.4 billion credit package supplied by the Dutch government to KLM during the coronavirus pandemic. It was Ryan Air who brought the case to court.

In 2020, several airlines were on the verge of collapse because the outbreak of the coronavirus made it virtually impossible to fly. Several European countries then decided to support their national airline with billions in packages.

The French government also did this, with Air France. In April 2020, France largely guaranteed a bank loan of 4 billion euros to the airline, with an additional direct loan of 3 billion euros.

Ryanair has initiated several lawsuits in recent years. For example, Ryanair won a similar case against Lufthansa, which was upheld by the German government.