Challenge to Schiphol charges goes on for EasyJet

摘要

EasyJet has launched legal action against the European Commission to overturn its dismissal of the airline's complaint against alleged unfair airport charges at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. Lawyers for the UK-based low-cost carrier are seeking to use a legal technicality to overturn a final verdict by the Commission dismissing a claim that Schiphol breached Dutch and EU competition rules by charging higher tariffs for origin and destination passengers than for transfer passengers in its fees from 1 November 2008. The Commission had ruled on 3 May 2013 that the Netherlands Competition Authority NMa was right to dismiss EasyJet's claim following a number of complaints from the carrier.