Ryanair To Close Marseilles Base
By Max Kingsley-Jones kingsley.jones@aviationweek.com
LONDON
Ryanair is going ahead with its threat to close its Marseilles base following the decision by French authorities to begin legal proceedings over alleged illegal working practices.
The airline is to be prosecuted after declaring that its 200 staff at the airport are employed in Ireland rather than France. Earlier this year French unions protested that the airline’s Marseilles-based staff should be declared as ...