Still not enough? Ryanair fined another EUR 530,000 in Hungary

On 21 April, we reported that the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has to pay a huge fine to the Hungarian state. The Constitutional Court ruled that the airline has to pay HUF 300 million (EUR 794,000) as customer protection for passing the departure tax onto its passengers. Now, another fine of HUF 200 million (EUR 527,000) was imposed on Ryanair by the Hungarian state.

A HUF 200 million fine…

Ryanair must pay the HUF 200 million consumer protection fine imposed in April 2020. This comes after the court of appeal rejected the airline’s appeal against the decision, the Government Office of the Capital told MTI on Friday.

In the statement, it was recalled that the Irish low-cost airline did not comply with its obligation to provide information during the delay of its Budapest-Gran Canaria flight on 18 February 2020. Thus, it committed an unfair commercial practice, for which the Government Office of the Capital imposed a fine of HUF 200 million, 24.hu reports.

…after a HUF 300 million fine

In June 2022, the Government Office of the Capital launched an investigation against the airline in another case. Ryanair passed on to passengers the excess profit tax (“departure tax”) imposed by the government last year. The consumer protection authority found that the company had deceived consumers through unfair commercial practices. Therefore, it imposed a HUF 300 million consumer protection fine.