Ryanair's Michael O'Leary: eDreams CEO Is 'Spoofing His Shareholders'

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary accused his counterpart at eDreams Odigeo of misleading his shareholders when he stated that high courts in Europe have already decided that eDreams Odigeo brands have the right to access the airline's flights, and that the matter is closed.

“This statement by Dana Dunne is meaningless waffle," O'Leary told Skift, referring to the eDreams Odigeo CEO. "He is just spoofing his shareholders. eDreams does not have access to Ryanair content unless it unlawfully scrapes Ryanair’s website."

Ryanair has been battling online travel agencies that scrape its website without authorization, and O'Leary said that courts in France, Italy and Ireland have already "ruled that screen-scraping Ryanair’s website is illegal."

O'Leary was reacting to statements from Dunne during eDreams' Odigeo's earnings call Tuesday, which covered the June 30