Originally Posted by
blind pew
The biggest change in French aviation was the war against O’Leary which saw him withdrawing substantially, building up Bergamo rather than Nîmes which devastated the tourism around the gulf du Lyon.
And the EU pro pilots couldn't be more thankful for any other development in the last decade. RYR keeps sneaking out of their oath with Buzz and Air Malta, sure. But at least we did not get completely annihilated.
Noted, your explanation about the AF subsidy was not clear when i typed the -1 post above. Thanks.