NOT THE FIRST TIME EDREAMS MISREPRESENT COURT RULINGS

Ryanair today (11 Feb) rejected eDreams’ latest PR spin, in which the overcharging Spanish OTA attempts to deflect from its rising legal defeats by misrepresenting yet another Court ruling in Spain.  Ryanair is already compliant with the July 2025 order of the Barcelona Commercial Court.  The Hamburg Regional Court recently issued another injunction against eDreams for a similar misrepresentation made in its 8 January press release, where this overcharging OTA falsely claimed that Ryanair was in breach of a court order.

Across Europe, Courts continue to expose eDreams’ “misleading” pricing and “clearly deceptive” practices.  Last week, the Hamburg Regional Court imposed further fines after confirming eDreams’ price displays are “misleading”, that its advertised “Prime” savings could not be achieved, and that eDreams breached existing injunctions — for which the Court levied additional fines on eDreams.

These findings have been repeated in Italy, where the Italian Authority recently fined eDreams €9m and ruled that eDreams’ “Prime” scheme is misleading and manipulative, with consumers “in almost all cases” shown higher Prime prices than non‑subscribers, and with discriminatory “discounts” depending on the route by which consumers access eDreams’ site.  Internal eDreams documents even promoted the use of “reverse psychology” to increase subscriptions.

While responsible, price transparent OTAs such as Booking.com, Lastminute and Kiwi have adopted Ryanair’s price transparency standards, eDreams continues to stand alone, refusing to adopt these consumer‑friendly practices because it continues to overcharge unsuspecting consumers for fares and other ancillary services.  Ryanair has even offered eDreams free, direct access to Ryanair’s inventory if/when it adopts the same transparency standards applied by all of Ryanair’s approved OTA partners, yet eDreams ignores this offer because it allows them to continue to overcharge consumers.  

Ryanair’s, Dara Brady, said:

“eDreams’ latest PR spin is just another failed effort to distract from the reality that Courts and Authorities across Europe keep ruling against its “misleading” and “clearly deceptive” business model. The Hamburg Court has again fined eDreams for promoting unattainable discounts and concealing real prices. Italy has ruled that eDreams “Prime” scheme is manipulative and misleading.  Instead of fixing these deceptive practices, eDreams continues to spread false PR spin about court rulings and continues to overcharge unsuspecting consumers.”