Vueling Airlines fined for failing to make their website accessible

The Spanish National High Court ordered Vueling Airlines to pay a 90.000€ fine for having a website that does not comply with accessibility requirements. The sentence also prohibits the airline to receive public funds from the Secretary of State for Social Rights for a period of six months.

The magistrates dismissed the airline's appeal against the October 2020 Resolution imposed for committing a serious violation of article 95.3.e) of Royal Legislative Decree 1/2013, of November 29, consolidated text of the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion.