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Thursday, January 04, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Airline Sues Over Labor Taxes
World Business Briefing: France: Airline Sues Over Labor TaxesBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ryanair Holdings, the discount airline, announced a lawsuit against the French government, arguing that newly imposed labor taxes were illegally hampering its operations. Ryanair, which is based in Dublin, said it had also petitioned European Union competition authorities in Brussels in hopes of overturning the application of French tax and labor standards to Ryanair employees based in France. Jim Callaghan, Ryanair’s director of regulatory affairs, said France “tries to force foreign airlines to apply French labor laws when they base aircraft in France,” in violation of European labor laws. Ryanair, the fastest-growing airline in Europe, is the second European airline to challenge the taxes. A British budget airline, easyJet, sued over the taxes last month.
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