Italy court overturns $4.9 million Ryanair fine over COVID-19 flights (updated)

Ryanair Holdings

13/05/2026 07:33

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May 13 (Reuters) - Italy's top administrative court annulled a 4.2 million euro ($4.93 million) fine by the country's competition authority against Ryanair RYA.I over COVID-19 flight cancellations, the airline said on Wednesday.

"The Court ruled that the AGCM discriminated against Ryanair by applying different standards than it did to other airlines in equivalent cases," Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said in a statement, referring to the antitrust regulator.

O'Leary called on Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to "urgently reform" the regulator and said the airline was also appealing a separate 256 million euro fine imposed by the agency in December.

($1 = 0.8524 euros)

 (Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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