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🚨 Ryanair lost its legal battle against the EU's grant of €650 million (€400 million loan and €250 million capital injection) to LOT Polish Airlines to recover from the Covid crisis. The European Court of Justice upheld the EU Commission's decision, ruling that the Commission did not make a manifest error in assuming LOT couldn't find accessible market financing.

🏘 Campania aims to increase tourism from 21 to 40 million yearly, focusing on vacation rentals to achieve this. Naples alone has 9,200 registered short-term rental businesses. Confesercenti's president, Vincenzo Schiavo, targets to double these numbers throughout the Naples province and expand entrepreneurial access to vacation rentals across Campania's provinces, potentially supporting over 100,000 families.

✈ Russian airlines are set to decommission at least 200 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, which is about 30% of their roughly 700 Western-made planes, due to a lack of spare parts resulting from sanctions after the Ukraine invasion. These aircraft also require mandatory modifications as per FAA and EASA directives, but sanctions prevent the import of the necessary parts. Currently, only 10% of Russian flights are operated with local aircraft, with hopes to increase the production of MS-21 and SJ-100 models, though none have been received by airlines yet.

💸 London Heathrow Airport experienced a blackout last month, forcing a one-day closure. Following criticism of the emergency response, Heathrow introduced a plan including more airport partners for assistance and backup mobile phones.

🚩 Antonio Barreca, director of Federturismo, remarks no concern over potential impacts of Trump's tariffs on Italian tourism economy. A decline in arrivals for the Jubilee is noted, but spring bookings look promising, with expectations to recover by June and grow in the summer. The effects of tariffs on tourism will be clearer post-summer.