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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 3675Commercial dispute (injunction, circumvention of booking platform) · Co. Dublin · 3 Mar 2026

Ryanair seeks injunctions against eDreams and two agencies over secure booking platform

Ryanair brought High Court proceedings seeking injunctions against eDreams, PT Scan Ocean Travel (Jakarta) and Geelong Travel (Australia) for allegedly circumventing its secure 'travel agent direct' booking platform. The eDreams defendants settled on undertakings while the cases against the other two defendants were adjourned.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In court3 Mar
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
11 statements extracted from the articles
  • whenPT Scan received approval to use the direct platform on January 6. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe eDreams defendants settled on the basis of undertakings they had given. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe case against PT Scan and Geelong was adjourned to the following week. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtJudge Marguerite Bolger presided over the hearing. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe four defendants are eDreams Odigeo SA, Vacaciones eDreams Sl (Spain), PT Scan Ocean Travel (Jakarta) and Geelong Travel (New South Wales). (irishtimes.com)
  • other22,435 Ryanair bookings were made by PT Scan through the platform since January 6. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe bookings were at a level of about one every three minutes on a continuous 24-hour basis. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherFake customer email addresses suggested the bookings were being completed by bots. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherGeelong had completed just short of 2,000 bookings through the platform. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherOnly Geelong responded to Ryanair's letter, saying it was unaware of the prohibition on online agents. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherFour other travel agencies may be doing the same thing and could be joined as defendants. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 3 Mar2026
    In courtirishtimes.com, first report
    EDreams allegedly involved in scheme to avoid Ryanair secure booking system, court told

    First report of Ryanair v. eDreams/PT Scan/Geelong High Court proceedings; eDreams settled on undertakings, other defendants adjourned to next week.

    victim, Ruth Comiskey, female, irish (judged from name)Ruth Comiskey