Court says Ryanair doesn’t have to pay out for Irish strike disruption
Ryanair has welcomed a ruling by Dublin’s District Court confirming that it doesn’t have to pay EU261 compensation to customers whose flights were hit by internal strike action last year.
The court has ruled that the delays and cancellation were due to circumstances beyond the airline’s control.
Ryanair marketing chief Kenny Jacobs said: "We welcome this ruling by Swords District Court confirming that no compensation is payable to customers when the (strike) delay/cancellation is beyond the airline’s control.
"If these strikes, by a tiny minority of Ryanair crew, were within Ryanair’s control, there would be no strikes and no delays/cancellations.
"This ruling follows similar court decisions in Barcelona, Badajoz, Orense or Pontevedra in Spain."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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