> Lufthansa, Air France, IAM (British Airways + Iberia), China Southern, and China Eastern are state-supported. Source for this claim for each of these airline

> Lufthansa, Air France, IAM (British Airways + Iberia), China Southern, and China Eastern are state-supported. Source for this claim for each of these airlines. Given that subsidising industries/companies is banned in the EU I don't see how any airline in the EU could be receiving state support. I'd say Ryanair and Easyjet and a bunch of others would be hollering about it from the roof-tops. I get that China Southern and China Eastern are state backed at the administrative level, but neither is the flag carrier (Air China is) and both are publicly traded? Are they actively state sponsored since they were set up?