Online booking agency eDreams was involved in a scheme to circumvent ­Ryanair’s new secure flight booking system for bricks-and-mortar travel agencies, the High Court has heard. This undermines Ryanair’s intention of bringing in the secure direct platform to support the bricks-and-mortar agents and their customers in booking flights, she said. Geelong, which had its direct platform application approved in July when the system first operated, had completed just short of 2,000 bookings. Following a customer complaint about an eDreams booking made through Geelong, Geelong’s direct platform access was also suspended on February 25. Ryanair wrote to all the defendants reminding them of the conditions attached to the use of the direct platform.

Source: Irish Independent March 04, 2026 20:37 UTC