Italy's watchdog investigates airlines over cancelled flights

ROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust regulator said
on Friday it was opening an enquiry into airlines Easyjet
, Ryanair, Blue Panorama and Vueling for offering
vouchers and not refunds to passengers whose flights were
cancelled due to Covid-19.

The regulator said that similar investigations had been
opened in July against Italian carrier Alitalia and
Volotea and that complaints from customers on the issue were
rising.

The watchdog said the cancelled flights were not during
periods in which governments had imposed limits on movement
between countries and that refunds of the tickets - an option
envisaged by European rules - had not been offered.
(Reporting by Elvira Pollina and Giulia Segreti. Editing by
Jane Merriman)