{"id":432439,"date":"2026-05-19T21:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/corruption-investigation-ex-prime-minister-airline-bailout\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:42:22","slug":"corruption-investigation-after-ex-prime-ministers-controversial-60-million-airline-bailout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=432439","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Investigation After Ex-Prime Minister’s Controversial $60 Million Airline Bailout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero has found himself at the heart of a corruption scandal concerning a multi-million Euroairline<\/a><\/span> bailout during the coronavirus pandemic. While Zapatero was not the Prime Minister at the time of the global health crisis, having only served in this role from 2004 to 2011, he is said to have used his influence to secure an illegal bailout package for Spanish carrier Plus Ultra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The carrier has also faced scrutiny for its links to Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,9080,120,1024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-bailout","category-europe","category-spain"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t