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Court of Justice of the European Union

PRESS RELEASE No 49/20

Luxembourg, 23 April 2020
Judgment in Case C-28/19 

Ryanair Ltd and Others v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – Antitrust and Others
 
Air carriers must indicate, from the first time their price offers are published on the internet, the VAT on domestic flights and the fees charged for paying by credit card
They must also indicate the check-in fees payable where no method of checking-in free of charge is offered as an alternative
In 2011, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – Antitrust (Competition and Market Authority, Italy)(‘the AGCM’) criticised Ryanair for having published on the internet prices for air services that did not indicate, from the first time that they were shown, the following elements: (1) the amount of VAT on domestic flights, (2) the online check-in fees, and (3) the fees charged when paying by a credit card other than that approved by Ryanair. The AGCM considered that those price elements were unavoidable and foreseeable and that the consumer therefore had to be informed of them from the first time the price was indicated, that is to say before a booking process was commenced. The AGCM therefore imposed fines on Ryanair for an unfair commercial practice.