The authorities of Sierra Leone have provided the Commission with evidence of the withdrawal of the Air Operator's Certificates of the following air carriers: Aerolift, Afrik Air Links, Air Leone, Air Salone, Air Sultan Limited, Air Universal, Central Airways Limited, First Line Air, Inter Tropic Airlines, Mountain Air Company, Orange Air Services, Pan African Air Services, Sierra National , Sky Aviation, Star Air, Transport Africa, Trans Atlantic Airlines, West Coast Airways.

It must therefore be concluded that, in the event of the insolvency of Austrian , the cost to ÖIAG would be nil.

Given the magnitude and suddenness of the events and the costs they caused for , the Member States had to consider exceptional compensation measures.

The core of the plan is to reduce costs so as to give the the ability to restructure its operations more competitively.

However, as the privatisation mandate provided for the divestiture of all of ÖIAG’s shares, it was only on the basis of the transaction structure proposed by all bidders (an Austrian registered private foundation) that ÖIAG was able to sell its shares in Austrian Airlines while retaining, for the , the valuable traffic rights in question and carrying out a complete privatisation.

Krasnoyarsky : the aircraft of type TU-154M RA-85672 previously on the AOC of Krasnoyarsky Airlines, which was revoked in 2009 is currently operated by Atlant Soyuz; the aircraft of the same type with registration RA-85682 is operated by another air carrier certified in the Russian Federation.

Krasnoyarsky : the aircraft of type TU-154M RA-85672 previously on the AOC of Krasnoyarsky Airlines, which was revoked in 2009 is currently operated by Atlant Soyuz; the aircraft of the same type with registration RA-85682 is operated by another air carrier certified in the Russian Federation.

Krasnoyarsky : The aircraft of type TU-154M RA-85682 previously on the AOC of Krasnoyarsky Airlines, which was revoked in 2009 is currently operated by another air carrier certified in the Russian Federation.

Krasnoyarsky : The aircraft of type TU-154M RA-85682 previously on the AOC of Krasnoyarsky Airlines, which was revoked in 2009 is currently operated by another air carrier certified in the Russian Federation.

Krasnoyarsky : The aircraft of type TU-154M RA-85683 previously on the AOC of Krasnoyarsky Airlines, which was revoked earlier this year is currently operated by another air carrier certified in the Russian Federation.

When an accident occurs, the Member State in charge of the investigation, the Member State in which the , the aircraft of which was involved in the accident is established, or the Member State which had a large number of its nationals on board the aircraft involved in the accident, shall provide for the appointment of a reference person as a point of contact and information for the victims and their relatives.

In this regard, the Commission observes that, although the notified measure envisages that Lufthansa will take over Austrian , the difficulties in which Austrian Airlines finds itself are not linked to the planned acquisition.

In relation to the fact that ÖIAG is considered to be the controlling shareholder of Austrian , the Austrian authorities point out that ÖIAG holds 41,56 % of the shares in Austrian Airlines directly and has formed a syndicate with other institutional shareholders which holds a further 7,05 % of the shares.

They concluded that if the Olympic Airways group management had transferred the full liabilities of the flight divisions to Olympic , the new company would have faced the same liquidity problems as the Olympic Airways group, which would almost certainly have led to the insolvency and closure of the airline.

Krasnoyarsky The AOC of the air carrier has been revoked.

Contracting States grant the right to use corresponding traffic rights under bilateral air service agreements.

With regard to the points raised when the procedure was initiated, the experts found that since it was established Olympic Airlines had made all required payments of the spatosimo tax; on the issue of ground handling and maintenance services provided by Olympic Airways to Olympic , the Commission does not have enough information to be able to take a view on whether there is any element of State aid.

While concluding that the sales process established the highest possible market price for Austrian , the Commission also came to the conclusion that the insolvency of the airline would have been a cheaper option for the State.

The Greek authorities disagreed with the conclusion that in prohibiting any creditors of Olympic Airways from bringing actions against Olympic the Greek State was seeking to protect Olympic Airlines from the enforcement of the 2002 Decision. They contended that this was not the intention, which was rather to maximise recovery of investment.

In any event, the period during which start-up aid is granted to an airline must be substantially less than the period during which the undertakes to operate from the airport in question, as indicated in the business plan required in point 70(i).