Ryanair welcomes the Berlin Regional Court permanent injunction prohibiting Edreams from using a “misleading” statement regarding alleged savings and from using a number of its Edreams Prime terms and conditions that the Berlin Court found were unlawful and therefore unfair under the German Unfair Competition Act.
The Berlin Court granted the permanent injunction following its October 2024 findings that several Edreams Prime terms were “unlawful”, “misleading” and a violation of the “transparency requirement” under German consumer protection law. The permanent injunction, issued after Edreams agreed to address transparency breaches identified by Ryanair, prohibits Edreams from failing to disclose when Prime fee increases may occur, from imposing terms that imply continued use of Prime equals acceptance of price hikes, and from making misleading savings claims.
Ryanair CMO, Dara Brady said: “We welcome the Berlin Regional Court’s decision to grant a permanent injunction prohibiting Edreams from using Edreams Prime terms and conditions that the Court has previously found to be “unlawful” or “misleading” under the German Unfair Competition Act and also terms that the Court found to be in violation of the “transparency requirements” under German consumer protection law.
Ryanair again calls on EU Consumer Protection Authorities to take urgent action to safeguard consumers across Europe by applying transparency standards and consumer protections that match the high standards applied by Ryanair’s OTA partners.”
