Ryanair ditches family seating fees; Markets at record highs as oil hits pre-Iran war levels – as it happened

The Guardian25 jun 2026Macro
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Free parent seats will be offered in the rear of the aircraft after check-in for future bookings, with up to four children per adult allocated alongside at no charge; Ryanair described the change as a “minor policy tweak.” The airline announced the move on 25 June, two weeks after the Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into its £8 mandatory fee for parents to sit with their children. It follows the CMA’s 11 June probe and reverses Ryanair’s earlier dismissal of that investigation as “bogus.”

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It follows the CMA’s 11 June probe and reverses Ryanair’s earlier dismissal of that investigation as “bogus.”