The Spanish Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption, and Agenda 2030 has fined a number of low-cost airways, together with Ryanair, Vueling, easyJet, Norwegian, and Volotea, practically 179 million euros for abusive practices. These practices embrace charging further charges for hand baggage and reserving adjoining seats to accompany dependent people.
Particularly, Ryanair has been fined 107.7 million euros, whereas Vueling faces a advantageous of 39.2 million euros, making these two airways answerable for many of the complete penalty. Moreover, easyJet has acquired a advantageous of 29.09 million euros, Norwegian 1.6 million euros, and Volotea 1.18 million euros.
The Directorate Basic for Shopper Affairs’ investigation in 2023 into what it categorized as “very severe” violations of client laws has now concluded. This marks the primary occasion by which sanctions labeled as very severe have been enforced by the Basic State Administration within the realm of client affairs following the ministry’s acquisition of sanctioning powers in June 2022. The sanctions additionally embrace a direct prohibition towards persevering with the practices which were penalized.
The abusive practices:
- Requiring a further payment for hand baggage carried within the cabin.
- Charging further for tickets for steady seats for dependent people and their companions.
- Not allowing money funds.
- Imposing a payment for printing boarding passes.
Penalties had been decided based mostly on the earnings the airways gained from these infringing practices.
This signed order concludes the executive course of. An administrative enchantment can now be filed with the Administrative Litigation Division of the Nationwide Courtroom inside two months. If the businesses don’t file an enchantment inside these two months, the order will take impact.
