France has indicated that this subsidy was intended to cover the costs incurred by VTAN in dealing with the reduction in traffic triggered by Ryanair’s decision in March 2009 to no longer operate flights from Nîmes airport to East Midlands and to reduce the number of flights to Liverpool and London Luton.
La convention prévoit également le versement d’une partie du produit de la redevance atterrissage stipulée dans le contrat conclu avec Ryanair à titre de participation aux frais de marketing.