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Germany sends a 450,000-Euro bill to Ryanair for underweight aircraft

Berlin, Germany - The airline reported a MTOM lower than the actual figure

Ryanair is used to considerably charge its passengers for overweight luggage: ironically, Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), the German agency which is responsible for air traffic control in the European country, sent to the Irish airline a 450,000-Euro bill since it considered that the carrier, from 2009 to November 2012, reported a Maximum Take-Off Mass (MTOM) for its aircraft lower than the actual figure,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1149430
Rome, Italy, 02/01/2013 17:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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