The Court of First Instance did not say that the purchase was not justified but only that the Commission had not argued its case sufficiently on that point, particularly given that operating aids are not normally approved as justifiable State Aids following the Deufil and Glaverbel rulings. The Commission underlines that this jurisprudence, referred to by the complainants in the Air France case, does not apply in this case.
Le Tribunal de Première Instance n'a pas mis en cause la justification de cet investissement, mais reproché à la Commission de ne pas avoir motivé sa décision sur ce point, d'autant plus que les aides au fonctionnement ne sont, en général, pas autorisées selon la jurisprudence issue notamment des arrêts Deufil et Glaverbel.