Joe Lynam

Yes, this is very important.

So it should end up in the European Court of Justice and that will decide.

And if it agrees with the Spanish government, it could make flying that little bit cheaper for everyone.

Absolutely, because it looked like dumping and it could lead to retaliatory action from the Europeans.

Talking of retaliatory action, the Dutch government effectively took control of a Chinese-owned entity called Nexperion over the weekend.

Unless, of course, the airlines decide to put up tickets across the board.

What did they do and why did The Hague react in such a manner?

It's pretty rare that the big airlines, including Ryanair from Ireland and the European Commission, are in agreement.

Given the fact that the Dutch cited EU law, can we expect Beijing to respond in kind by potentially seizing Dutch or even other European assets?

Okay, and I presume it'll take at least a year before this arrives at the ECJ.

Yeah, or a bit more even.

Okay.

Agustín, gracias.

Thank you very much for joining us.

That's Agustín Reina, the Director General of the European Consumer Advocate Group, BEOC.

Yeah.

And do you get a sense that other European governments are kind of looking at this action from the Dutch and saying, if the Dutch get away with this, we might do something similar?

And you're keeping us informed as well on this, Finbar.

Thank you so much for joining us as usual from Brussels.

That is Finbar Birmingham, the Europe correspondent with the South China Morning Post.