UK defends throwing Flybe a lifeline after rivals complain
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British government defended a rescue deal for privately owned regional airline Flybe, after the owner of rival British Airways filed a complaint with European Union regulators on Wednesday calling it a "blatant misuse of public funds". A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed the claims made by Willie Walsh, the boss of BA's parent company IAG , that government help for Flybe contradicted European Union rules. "The government is fully compliant with state aid..