Legal challenge won't delay state aid for Air Berlin: ministry

A legal challenge against Berlin’s decision to grant a state bridging loan for insolvent airline Air Berlin won’t stop dispersal of the funds, the German government said Tuesday. “The submission of the application ... has no suspensory effect,” the economy ministry said in a statement, adding that Berlin expected the EC to approve the loan. Rival German airline Germania on Tuesday asked a Berlin court to block the bridge loan until the European Commission has given its go-ahead for such state aid. <br/>