MILAN, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust regulator said
on Friday that Ryanair, easyJet, Vueling and
Blue Panorama were now offering to refund passengers whose
flights they cancelled citing the coronavirus outbreak.
The decision follows an inquiry opened by the watchdog last
month, which said the cancelled flights were outside periods in
which governments had imposed limits on movement between
countries and that refunds of the tickets - an option envisaged
by European rules - should have been offered.
The choice to request a voucher instead of a refund would be
left entirely to the consumer, the antitrust said.
The regulator added that its own investigation into
potential wrong commercial practices was continuing.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak, editing by Maria Pia Quaglia)