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Ukraine: Regulator to investigate three airlines

By  |  April 3, 2019

The Anti-monopoly Committee of Ukraine (ACU) has opened an investigation into Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and two budget airlines—Wizz Air and Ryanair—after all three aviation companies introduced new hand luggage policies.

“All companies with similar luggage transportation conditions will be checked for compliance with competition law and whether they have violated consumer rights,” Aleksei Khmelnytsky, an ACU official told the Ukrainian press.

The investigation was launched based on a complaint filed by Ukrainian MP Victoriya Patschnuk after all three airlines introduced similarly strict hand baggage rules that caused outrage among passengers.

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