Ryanair Fined $301M Over 'Abusive Strategy' To Limit Ticket Sales By Online Travel Agencies (theguardian.com)
(Tuesday December 23, 2025 @11:41AM (msmash)
from the christmas-miracle dept.)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/1516239/ryanair-fined-301m-over-abusive-strategy-to-limit-ticket-sales-by-online-travel-agencies
- Source link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/ryanair-fined-limit-online-travel-agencies-ticket-sales-ota
Speaking of [1]Italy's competition authority , it has [2]fined Ryanair $301 million for abusing its dominant market position to limit sales of tickets by online travel agents. The Guardian:
> The authority said Europe's largest airline had "implemented an abusive strategy to hinder travel agencies" via an "elaborate strategy" of technical obstacles for agents and passengers to make it difficult for online travel agents to sell Ryanair tickets and instead force sales through its own website.
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> The fine related to Ryanair's conduct between April 2023 and at least until April 2025, the authority said on Tuesday. It said Ryanair had prevented online travel agents from selling tickets on its flights in combination with other airlines and services, weakening competition. Ryanair said it would immediately appeal against the "legally flawed" ruling.
[1] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/151231/apple-fined-116-million-over-app-privacy-prompts
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/ryanair-fined-limit-online-travel-agencies-ticket-sales-ota
> The authority said Europe's largest airline had "implemented an abusive strategy to hinder travel agencies" via an "elaborate strategy" of technical obstacles for agents and passengers to make it difficult for online travel agents to sell Ryanair tickets and instead force sales through its own website.
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> The fine related to Ryanair's conduct between April 2023 and at least until April 2025, the authority said on Tuesday. It said Ryanair had prevented online travel agents from selling tickets on its flights in combination with other airlines and services, weakening competition. Ryanair said it would immediately appeal against the "legally flawed" ruling.
[1] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/151231/apple-fined-116-million-over-app-privacy-prompts
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/ryanair-fined-limit-online-travel-agencies-ticket-sales-ota
The Right Thing (Score:2)
by MrNJ ( 955045 )
I hope RyanAir does the right thing - discontinue all business with Italy.
The pissant bureaucrats across the globe need to be taught to stop meddling with private entities (exceptions for public safety notwithstanding)
And if they hate this particular airline's business methods, go ahead, invest their own money and start their own airline with blackjack and hookers.
Which Don? (Score:2)
by SlashbotAgent ( 6477336 )
Which Italian mafia member will be getting all that money?
Need to tax Aviation Fuel (Score:2)
There is quasi no tax on Av fuel, and this needs to change.