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Wed 07 Jul 2007Ryanair in threat to sue EU on aid issueRyanair is threatening to sue the European Commission for what it says is a failure to tackle state aid to some of its rival airlines, writes Barry O'HalloranThe low-cost carrier's announcement came as the commission itself launched a series of investigations into airports around Europe which it believes are offering illegal supports to the Irish airline and a number of its competitors in a bid to attract business. Ryanair said yesterday that it complained to the commission over a year ago about "hundreds of millions of euro" in illegal state aid given to Air France, Germany's Lufthansa, Alitalia and Greece's Olympic Airways by their respective governments.