Funny: French city scraps subsidies to 'blackmailing' Ryanair

A French city said Wednesday it was ending the subsidies it pays Ryanair to maintain flights there because the Irish low-cost airline's demands were "intolerable" and amounted to blackmail.

The chamber of commerce in Pau, which runs the southwestern city's airport, has informed Ryanair of its decision "not to pay another penny in fees," said chamber official Christian Cloux.

Ryanair had asked Pau to hike its subsidies from 1.4 million euros ($A1.9 million) a year to 1.5 million if it wants to maintain flights to Britain, Belgium and Paris, he said, calling the demand "financial blackmail."

"The situation had become intolerable," he said.

Cloux said it was now up to the airline to decide if it wanted to maintain its routes or not, and added that low-cost airlines CityJet and Flybe were starting up routes from Pau without being promised any subsidies.

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Funny: French city scraps subsidies to 'blackmailing' Ryanair

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