Ryanair Files U.S. Lawsuit Against Expedia Over Screen-Scraping
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Ryanair says it gets 99 percent of its bookings from its website in a distribution model that has some parallels to how Southwest Airlines does business. Expedia doesn't offer Southwest's flights to consumers, but apparently thinks it can get away with scraping the website of a foreign airline, Ryanair.com.
Ryanair has taken its battle against Expedia's screen-scraping of its flights and fares to a courtroom in Washington State, where Expedia is headquartered.
The Ireland-based low-cost carrier sued Expedia over the same issue in Ireland in February 2017, but the U.S. lawsuit, which was filed in late November and disclosed by Expedia in a financial filing earlier this month, has received scant publicity.
Expedia filed a motion to dis
