Sarkozy and Bruni win Ryanair case
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Airline ordered to pay Â£45,000 to French president and his wife after using picture of couple in ad
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A French court Wednesday found the eldest son of former French President Francois Mitterrand guilty of tax fraud and sentenced him to a suspended 30-month prison sentence.
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Better run run run run run run awaaaay.... French fromage grand Nicolas "Killer" Sarkozy and squeeze Carli Bruni have decided that Ryanair's cut-price ad featuring a snap of the beaming couple is a publicity stunt too far, and will seek redress in the courts, the BBC reports.â¦
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French prosecutors summoned Continental Airlines&#39; CEO and its chief operating officer for questioning in the investigation of the July 2000 crash of the supersonic Concorde, two lawyers said Tuesday.
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Aer Lingus reported a loss in 2006 because of a pension fund shortfall, higher fuel prices and the cost of repelling a takeover attempt by Ryanair. Aer Lingus, which found itself under siege by Ryanair almost immediately after listing on the Irish and British stock exchanges in September, reported a net loss of 69.9 million euros ($92 million) for the year that ended Dec. 31, in contrast to a profit of 88.9 million euros in 2005. Exceptional expenses included a 104 million euros ($137 million) payment to the employeesâ pension fund and 16 million euros ($21 million) to lawyers, stockbrokers and other advisers hired to thwart Ryanairâs bid. Fuel costs also rose by 75 percent, to 234 million euros ($308 million). Sales rose 11.3 percent.
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A Swiss court on Tuesday convicted four Swiss air traffic control managers of negligence in a 2002 mid-air collision over Germany that killed more than 70 people, mostly Russian schoolchildren.
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AIRPORT operator BAA must pay half the compensation bill slapped on budget airline Ryanair for discriminating against a disabled man who had to pay to use a wheelchair at Stanstead Airport, a court ruled today.
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Budget airline Ryanair is obliged to be taken to court under EU law if it fails to pay back illegal state aid for flying to Belgium's Charleroi airport.
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vueling writes &quot;Ryanair confirmed it had written to the Walloon authorities and agreed to repay â¬4M in an escrow account until Ryanairâs appeal is heard and the European Courts make a definitive decision on this matter.
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France and Russia sign deals in the transport and aviation sectors worth more than $10bn.
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Budget airline Ryanair puts 4m euros into an account, in order to repay illegal subsidies should it lose a European court case.
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Low-cost carrier Ryanair  said on  Friday it had submitted a claim for just over 3 million pounds  ($5.7 million) in compensation from the UK government after  stepped-up airport security forced it to cancel flights.
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Irish budget airline Ryanair has said that shareholders owning 0.9 percent of rival Irish airline Aer Lingus had accepted its takeover offer.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni join a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Some others:
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A French court Wednesday found the eldest  son of former French President Francois Mitterrand guilty of  tax fraud and sentenced him to a suspended 30-month prison  sentence.
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French President Jacques Chirac backed  the judiciary on Friday in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas  Sarkozy, who has accused judges of being too lenient.
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All 19 managers and consultants accused in the collapse of former national carrier Swissair were acquitted Thursday.