HIGH COURT REJECTS EDREAMS’ ATTEMPT TO AVOID IRISH COURTS

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (22 Jul) welcomed a High Court ruling rejecting Edreams’ challenge to the Irish courts’ jurisdiction, which now allows Ryanair’s case, to stop Edreams screenscraping Ryanair.com and overcharging customers, to proceed.

The victory follows an earlier High Court order under which Edreams gave a permanent undertaking not to access Ryanair’s Travel Agent Direct (“TAD”) platform, after Ryanair uncovered Edreams unauthorised use of the system to resell Ryanair flights at inflated prices.

While Edreams continues to reject Ryanair’s transparency standards, other approved OTA partners including Booking.com, Lastminute and Kiwi benefit from direct access to Ryanair’s low fares under distribution agreements that provide full price transparency for their customers.

Ryanair’s spokesperson said:

“We welcome this High Court victory for Ryanair and our customers over Edreams. Edreams’ attempt to avoid the Irish courts has failed, and our case to stop Edreams screenscraping Ryanair.com and overcharging consumers will now proceed.

Ryanair has already secured a permanent High Court undertaking preventing Edreams from accessing our Travel Agent Direct platform after it was found reselling Ryanair flights without permission.

We will continue to protect consumers from overcharging and ensure access to the lowest fares through approved travel agent partners. If Edreams wants direct access to Ryanair fares, it can simply agree to the same transparency standards already accepted by Booking.com, Lastminute, Kiwi and many others.”