Not certain why Cryanair tried to 'hush this up' because directional pricing is not new. The Croatia to UK market is completely different to the UK to Croatia market even on exactly the same days.
This weekend is a bank-holiday in the UK meaning that demand is higher and (economics 101) prices are going to be higher than the previous/next weekend for UK Departures. But it isn't a holiday in Croatia and FR will be pricing based on their expected demand for the Croatian market.
The European Commission investigated directional prices of IATA fares almost 20 years ago and concluded that directional pricing was not unlawful.
Unless the fares are in the same currency it would be impossible to have exactly the same fares in both directions.
Last edited by ExXB; 4th May 2013 at 09:54.