Ryanair Dealt Setbacks in Lawsuits Against Lastminute.com and Booking.com

Ryanair has aggressively battled online travel agencies over the years, seeking to bar them from selling its flights, and recently was dealt setbacks in separate litigation against Lastminute.com in Switzerland and Booking.com in the U.S.

Ryanair has fought aggressively to get passengers to go directly to its own website to book their flights.

In Switzerland, Lastminute.com announced last week that it had won a court case several weeks ago related to the selling of Ryanair flights.

Following a 15-year legal battle with the the airline, the Supreme court in Switzerland granted Lastminute.com the right to sell Ryanair flights.

Lastminute.com is selling Ryanair's flights in Switzerland. Source: Lastminute.com/Skift

The Supreme Court decision was called “a major milestone” by the online travel and leisure retailer as well as “a win fo