The court heard that Ryanair was strictly obliged under EU regulations to close its check-in 40 minutes prior to scheduled departure. Photograph: Getty Images
A Brussels-based EU executive with ties to Ireland has failed in a bid to legally force Ryanair pay him compensation for a missed flight just over a year ago.
Jonathan Murphy told Judge Deirdre Browne in the Circuit Civil Court that he had turned up “only two minutes late” at the airline’s check-in at Brussels Airport, on November 20th 2024, to find the desk had already closed.
He said Ryanair staff had told him that because he had not check
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