European budget airline RyanAir’s ticket sales have reportedly fallen after the company’s flights were removed from major online booking sites.
According to RyanAir, the removal from travel websites will set the company’s load factor back between 1% to 2% in December and January.
RyanAir notably offered customers a 10% discount on more than 400,000 flights in December in order to compensate for its changed status with booking sites.
“Ryanair will respond to this welcome removal of our flights from OTA [online travel agent] websites by lowering fares where necessary to encourage all passengers to book directly on Ryanair.com where they are guaranteed to always get the lowest fares without OTA overcharges, fake contact info, or other pricing/refund scams,” RyanAir said in a statement.
