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Ryanair fees draw fire from regulators

The head of the U.K.’s consumer protection office, the Office of Fair Trading, has attacked Ryanair pricing plans and says some of the bank charges the low-fare airline imposes are barely legal. The airline rejected the comments by Office of Fare Trading CEO John Fingleton, arguing that it had no hidden fees and that extra banking charges cold be avoided if customers use a specific debit card recommended by Ryanair.

Fingleton, in an interview with the British newspaper, The Independent, in particular attacked surcharges imposed when customer pay for online transactions using standard debit cards. Fingleton also raised questions about airlines that automatically add travel insurance to an itinerary, forcing passengers to opt out. Ryanair countered its insurance scheme is already operated on an opt-in basis.
source: aviationweek.com

Ryanair in discussions on 1st eastern Europe base

Ryanair has signalled it's intent to open it's first base in eastern Europe if it can hammer out a deal with Bratislava airport in the Slovak Republic. However the deal which would see three based aircraft operating a total of 20 routes and generating 1.6m passengers per year depends on the carrier negotiating a 70% reduction in fees according to the "Slovak Spectator". Ryanair has apparently requested no airport fees be levied on it's proposed operation with 70% discount as the bottom line it will settle for.

The Slovak Ministry of Transport owns 48% of Bratislva airport and considers Ryanair's demands unfair. A spokeswoman for the airport said that if they agree to Ryanair's maximum demand there will be no increase in revenue "Therefore we will consider the conditions carefully".
Last week during a visit to Austria, Michael O'Leary readily engaged in gamesmanship in his attempts to wrangle a deal out of Vienna. He said that passenger numbers in Vienna will continue to fall until such a time as passenger charges were reduced. He added that Ryanair had alternatives - neighbouring Bratislava airport had approached Ryanair in the wake of the collapse of SkyEurope to set up a base at the Slovak capital. Austrian newspaper "Die Presse" reported that Vienna airport were not interested in meeting Ryanair's demands.
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