Air Europa has denied paying money to Begonia Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. For any activity related to granting aid Which he received during the pandemic, and he confirmed that he was not asked “at any time.” … “Mediation or any administration” of administrative proceedings.
In a statement sent to Europa Press, the company repeated interviews conducted in various media with former Ministerial Advisor Koldo García, in which he revealed that the airline had turned to Begonia Gomez to guarantee a rescue due to the suspension of flights in the pandemic, specifically to grant SEPI loans with Download the Fund to Support the Financial Solvency of Strategic Companies in 2020.
“Neither Air Europe nor any member of the owner’s family has evaluated, commented on, considered or paid any amount to Ms. Begoña Gómez for any activity related to the grant of said aid, nor for any other activity,” they maintained from the subsidiary of the Globalia Group, whose CEO is Javier Hidalgo.
Air Europa also denied that Begonia Gomez was asked to provide any mediation or administration in relation to the above-mentioned administrative proceedings, “in which it had no involvement whatsoever.”
They therefore confirm that the full treatment of the support granted to the airline during the pandemic “was carried out in full compliance with the principles and rules regulating the said administrative procedure” and with “the corresponding positive report of all administrative bodies, consulting companies and law firms that intervened in the procedure.”