The judgment, delivered on 5 November 2026, overturns the General Court’s ruling of 7 February 2024 concerning the Commission’s July 2020 approval. Air France-KLM and KLM welcomed the decision, which reinstates the full effect of that approval.
However, the legal proceedings are not over. The Court of Justice has referred the case back to the General Court to examine Ryanair’s remaining grounds of challenge, which were not addressed in the original judgment.
Air France-KLM said all Covid-era support received by the group, Air France and KLM had already been repaid with interest by 2023.