Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. Ads & Marketing
July 15, 2010

Easyjet libel payout – lucky for Guardian and Telegraph Stelios did not sue them

By Dominic wireposts

Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has received a £50,100 payout and apology at the High Court over ads which appeared in The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and on Ryanair’s website in January and February.

They depicted Stelios with an elongated nose, suggesting he was not being honest about Easyjet’s on-time statistics.

Ryanair apologised in court and has also taken out further ads in the papers concerned apologising today.

Luckily for the publishers concerned, Stelios opted not to sue them as well.

Topics in this article :

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Websites in our network