Airlines to Get £2 Billion of Taxpayers Money for and Ash Cloud That Didn't Exist

Airlines could share in a £ 2billion taxpayer-funded compensation bonanza in the wake of the volcanic ash chaos which turned Europe into a six-day no-fly zone.

The European Union has agreed to allow state help for airlines which have complained bitterly that the flight ban has cost them millions.

They will be offered emergency loans and allowed to postpone payments of charges.'

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