Michael O'Leary: "Stop taking action against Ryanair when we offer the lowest prices in the Italian market and instead do something against pirate OTAs." Ryanair representatives will be heard by the Antitrust regarding the precautionary proceedings brought by the AGCM against the Irish company for the restrictions on the sale of flights to online agencies. "I expect to lose, but we will appeal to the Lazio Regional Administrative Court, and there I expect to win," said Ryanair's number one.
During the conference, the OTAs eDreams, Opodo, and Booking, and the Agcm itself were represented with cardboard cutouts of pirates. "Agcm is the Jack Sparrow of the group," O'Leary joked. "The inability of the ACGM to protect Italian consumers is indefensible in the wake of the ruling of the Court of Appeal of Milan, which recognized that Ryanair's direct sales policy is economically justified as it eliminates the costs associated with intermediation," he said.