SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January 2007
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
c/o Ryanair Ltd Corporate Head Office
Dublin Airport
County Dublin Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F..X.. Form 40-F.....
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contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
Ryanair Welcomes Decision By EU Ombudsman Forcing the Commission
to Correct "Inaccurate and Misleading Notices" on Passenger Compensation
Ryanair Also Calls on the Commission to Scrap this Failed Legislation
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Thursday, 11th January 2007)
welcomed the EU Ombudsman's finding that information contained in the EU
Commission's notices on Passenger Compensation (Regulation 261/2004) was
"inaccurate and misleading". Ryanair and other airlines had called on the
Commission several times to correct this information. The Ombudsman noted that
this misleading information was likely to have "contributed to a considerable
number of disputes between passengers and airlines that could have been avoided
had the Commission provided accurate information".
Ryanair today also publicly called on the Commission to scrap this now
thoroughly discredited piece of legislation.
Commenting on the Ombudsman's decision, Ryanair's Head of Regulatory Affairs and
Company Secretary, Jim Callaghan, said:
"It is ridiculous that it took a decision of the Ombudsman to force the
Commission to correct this inaccurate and misleading information. This
is typical of the Commission's handling of this legislation generally.
Ryanair and all major airlines in Europe (including British Airways, Air
France and Lufthansa) have consistently complained that this legislation
is anti-competitive and anti-consumer as it forces airlines to provide
huge amounts of compensation and assistance to passengers for delays and
cancellations, even in cases where these are completely beyond the
airlines' control. The cost of this compensation and assistance is often
several times the amount of the original fare. Other competing forms of
transportation have no such requirements.
"It is a welcome development that the EU Ombudsman has now forced the
Commission to change this inaccurate and misleading information but we
believe that this nonsense legislation, which does nothing for consumers
except raise the cost of air travel, should now be scrapped and we are
today calling on the Commission to do just that".
Ends. Thursday, 11th January 2007
For reference: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Tel: +353-1-8121228
Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants Tel: +353-1-4980300
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
Date: 11 January 2007
By:___/s/ James Callaghan____
James Callaghan
Company Secretary & Finance Director