Ryanair wins right to block price comparison sites

Ryanair has won a ruling at the European Union’s top court allowing it to block price comparison websites from scouring its online database.

The EU Court of Justice said the airline’s price information is covered by contractual clauses on its own website that forbid others from “screenscraping” for details of the fares for Ryanair flights.

This is because the database does not have intellectual-property protection, the court said.