Italy's Antitrust fines Ryanair 4.2 million euros for not refunding passengers

Reuters

Published May 24, 2021 02:36AM ET

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority fined Ryanair 4.2 million euros ($5.12 million) for not refunding costumers for flights cancelled after June 2020 due to the COVID-19 emergency, the watchdog said on Monday.

The regulator added that the Irish airline had a "seriously unfair conduct" in cancelling planned flights, using the pandemic as the reason, and giving passengers vouchers rather than paying them back the price of their tickets.