Spain has fined five budget airlines a total of €179m (£149m) for "abusive practices" including charging for hand luggage.

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Spain fines airlines €179m over cabin luggage fees

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jy2dpv722o Spain has fined five budget airlines a total of €179m (£149m) for “abusive practices” including charging for hand luggage.Ryanair has been given the largest fine of €108m (£90m), followed by EasyJet’s penalty of €29m (£24m).Vueling, Norwegian and Volotea were issued with sanctions by Spain’s Consumer Rights Ministry on Friday. The ministry said it… Source

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Spain fines budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet €179m

Spain's Consumer Rights ministry demanded that the five low-cost airlines stop charging additional baggage fees.

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Spain slaps $187 million fine on Ryanair, EasyJet and others for 'abusive' cabin luggage fees

Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry has fined budget airlines Ryanair, EasyJet, Vueling, Norwegian and Volotea a combined €179m for practices such as charging for cabin luggage, it said today.

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The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 today announced a sanction to five low-cost airlines for a total of 179 million euros. The reason? Perform practices considered abusive such as charging supplements for hand baggage or booking adjoining seats to accompany dependent people, as explained by the ministry in a statement. Continue reading...

El ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 ha comunicado hoy una sanción a cinco aerolíneas de bajo coste por un total de 179 millones de euros. ¿La razón? Realizar prácticas consideradas abusivas como las de cobrar suplementos por el equipaje de mano o por reservar asientos contiguos para acompañar a personas dependientes, según ha explicado el ministerio en un comunicado. Seguir leyendo...

Consumo multa con 179 millones a las aerolíneas de bajo coste por cobrar por el equipaje de mano

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Consumption fine of 179 million to low-cost airlines receivable for hand baggage

Spain's leftist government said Friday it has fined five budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet 179 million euros ($187 million) for "abusive practices" such as charging passengers for hand luggage.

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Spain fines 'abusive' budget airlines 179 mn euros

Spain’s leftist government said Friday it has fined five budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet 179 million euros ($187 million) for “abusive practices” such as charging passengers for hand luggage. The carriers, which also included Spanish airlines Volotea and Vueling along with Norwegian Air, were also fined for charging passengers to reserve adjacent seats for

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Spain slams $187m fine on five airlines

Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair, which was the first to start charging extra for hand luggage in November 2018, was slapped with the biggest fine of 107.8 million euros

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Spain imposes fine of 179 mn euros on 5 budget airlines over 'abusive practices'

Spain Friday fined low-cost airlines Ryanair, Vueling, easyJet, Norwegian and Volotea €179 million for abusive practices including “extra charges for hand baggage or for reserving adjacent seats to accompany dependent people,” the ministry of consumer affairs announced. This decision confirms and increases the fines of €150 million proposed in May. Spain’s Minister of Consumer Affairs Pablo Bustinduy also rejected the airlines’ appeals against t…

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Spain fines low-cost airlines €179M over cabin baggage and seat charges

Spain's leftist government said Friday it has fined five budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet €179 million for "abusive practices" such as charging passengers for hand luggage.The carriers, which included Spanish airlines Volotea and Vueling along with Norwegian Air, were also fined for charging passengers to reserve adjacent seats for children and other dependants and...

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Spain fines five low-cost airlines €179 million for 'abusive practices'

Spain fined five low-cost airlines a total of 179 million euros, i.e. nearly HUF 74 billion, for various abuses, the BBC reports. Ryanair received the largest penalty of 108 million euros, followed by EasyJet, which paid the most, i.e. 29 million euros. The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Protection did not like, among other things, the calculation of the fees charged for hand luggage and the seat reservation for children. According to the ministry…

Spanyolország összesen 179 millió euró, azaz közel 74 milliárd forintnyi bírságot szabott ki öt fapados légitársaságra különböző visszaélések miatt, írja a BBC. A legnagyobb, 108 milliós büntetést a Ryanair kapta, másodikként az EasyJet fizeti a legtöbbet, azaz 29 millió eurót.A spanyol fogyasztóvédelmi minisztériumnak nem tetszett többek közt a kézipoggyászokért felszámolt díjak számítása és a gyermekeknél működő ülésfoglalás. A minisztérium sz…

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