The founder and president of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, called on Wednesday “Crazy Communist Minister” to the Spanish head of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy for the fines of 179 million euros imposed on five low -cost airlines (Ryanair, Vueling, Easyjet, Norwegian and Volotea) receivable for hand luggage.
“We want Help of the European Commission to stop national governments trying to re-regulate air traffic. There is a crazy communist minister in Spain now Inventing fines packages In some campaign that passengers should be able to carry all the luggage they want, “said the controversial Irish businessman in a press conference in Brussels. O’Leary also assured that you can’t because luggage would not fit in cabin and because it would be risks to air safety and cause delays.
In this context, the minister has not taken long to respond. to: “No blackmail and of course no insult will cease me In the effort of defending people in front of the powerful, “said Bustinduy, who has lamented the company’s strategy, which” goes through blackmail, pressure and also the insult to pursue their objectives and multiply its benefits, ” After intervening at the headquarters of his ministry on a day on the universal benefit of parenting.
“Everyone who does what he wants. I am the Minister of Consumption of the Government of Spain and My obligation is to defend the rights of consumer people In this country above the interests of any multinational or any millionaire magnate, however powerful it is, “he insisted. The consumption head has been willing to continue defending the interests and rights of Spanish citizenship” where it is needed And who is needed. “
“Airlines have no choice”
Speaking after the press conference, Ryanair’s founding billionaire said He had spoken “quite well about the Spanish minister” And he returned on the controversy. “There is a communist minister in Spain that wants to fine all airlines in Spain with 170 million due to our luggage policies. Airlines have no choice but to restrict hand luggage. The planes are full, “he said.
O’Leary added that you can’t “allow unlimited hand luggage” because Ryanair Use luggage rates to restrict the amount of luggage of hand that passengers. “For two reasons. First, it is a safety problem: you cannot fill the airplanes with luggage that does not fit. And second, it is much faster by airport safety control if people carry less hand luggage,” explained. “This minister wants impose unlimited hand luggagesomething that airplanes cannot stand, and also interferes with the way the airlines fix their prices. According to EU’s law, airlines have the right to establish their rates and prices as they want, and this is guaranteed by EU legislation “, so in their opinion the fines” violate the EU law and will be annulled, “he said.
He explained that if an airplane travels with 200 passengers, for example, and everyone wants to carry extra hand luggage, the company does not allow it.
“No, they can’t. At some point we say that You can’t take more because it is dangerous. What we do is the following: on a flight with 200 passengers, we allow each passenger to bring a small bag. Then, we allow around 80 passengers to carry a second handbag, but only 80, “he summarized.
“A law of the 60s”
The leader of the low -cost airlines added that Bustinduy argues “that there is a law of the 60s In Spain that says that you can carry all the hand luggage that you want. ” Maybe then they could carry all that luggage, but that is not appropriate today. And what was different in the 60s? Air rates. You probably had to spend a month of salary to pay a plane ticket. There was no low cost air transport as today. There is no way to go back in this, “he added.
Ryanair’s head of Ryanair said The commission has written to Spain pointing out that it is “illegal”extreme that have not confirmed community sources. O’Leary also said that the fine of 107 million to Ryanair is only for hand luggage and not other concepts such as having to pay for reserving a place with a minor, for example.
Those sanctions met last November and respond to abusive practices of the aforementioned airlines, such as collecting supplements for hand luggage or by reserving contiguous seats to accompany dependent people, according to the ministry. The highest of sanctions, which O’Leary considers “illegal”, is for Ryanair, with 107,775,777 euros, followed by Vueling, with 39,264,412; Easyjet, with 29,094,441; Norwegian, with 1,610,001 euros, and volote with 1,189,000 euros.
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