Ryanair takes battle with Google and eDreams to Irish high court
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#WAGA)
Budget airline launches lawsuit over allegedly 'misleading and deceptive' online ads for rival site selling Ryanair flights
Ryanair has launched legal action against Google in an attempt to force the internet search engine to stop promoting allegedly misleading and deceptive ads for another website selling Ryanair flights.
The Irish airline has long complained about eDreams, which it claims masquerades as Ryanair to sell its seats at inflated prices and causes problems with customers' bookings. But it has turned its attention to Google as internet searches for Ryanair promote the eDreams website and an eDreams subsidiary, Opodo - as well as Google's own flight search adverts - above Ryanair's site.
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