Ryanair cuts profits forecast after flights removed from online travel agents

Airline has been in a dispute with sites such as Lastminute and Opodo, which it describes as pirates'

Ryanair has lowered the top end of its estimates for profits this year after a number of online travel agents abruptly removed flights from the Irish airline from their websites.

The removal is part of a long-running spat between Ryanair and online travel agents such as Kiwi, Lastminute and Opodo, which the airline describes as pirates" because of alleged scamming" by charging customers higher fees.