Overview
- Italy’s competition authority AGCM imposed a €255 million penalty after finding the airline abused a dominant position in dealings with travel agencies.
- Investigators said Ryanair implemented measures from April 2023 to at least April 2025 that blocked, hindered, or made it costlier for agencies to buy tickets on ryanair.com.
- The authority concluded the practices curtailed agencies’ ability to combine Ryanair flights with other carriers or services, reducing competition between intermediaries.
- AGCM cited not only Ryanair’s large and growing share but also other indicators as evidence of market dominance that allowed it to act independently of rivals and consumers.
- Ryanair rejected the findings and said it will challenge the sanction in court, noting past Italian penalties, including a 2019 fine over baggage fees, were later overturned.