At last, Ryanair gets fined $100m for abusive practices
NewsFrom the Daily Telegraph:
Ryanair and easyJet have been fined €179m (£149m) for “abusive practices” such as charging passengers for hand luggage.
Spain fined the two carriers, along with Vueling, Norwegian Air and Volotea, and said it would also ban some of the practices – including additional fees for hand luggage.
… Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s chief executive, said: ‘These illegal and baseless fines have been invented by Spain’s Consumer Affairs Ministry for political reasons, and are clearly in breach of EU law.’
Surely a fine like that would drive a small airline out of business.
In any case, O’Leary may be right and Spain may not have the authority.
Oh, for the days of travel agents…
¡Viva España!
Service industries depend on customers. When they abuse that relationship, they should be reprimanded, regardless of what the damages may mean for their financial stability.
There are other carriers only too happy to serve these routes.
Michael Leary, the jig is up.
Shirley, if you do the crime, you pay the fine.