Ryanair climbs down

RYANAIR has climbed down with its resistance to fare comparison sites by issuing a statement that it will authorise such offerings providing the site operator gives a charity donation of E100.  The press release contains the Irish carrier’s usual whining about fuel surcharges, which have now for the most part disappeared, and claims that what it calls “ticket-tout” screenscrapers are ripping travellers off.  What it fails to say is that virtually all its routes fail to compete head-on with other carriers, for the most part using small local airports, often subsidised, from where passengers often have considerable journeys to their final destinations.  The customer of course has the choice. www.ryanair.com

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