Ryanair calls for limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports in Europe
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Airline asks authorities to impose new curbs as it seeks to recover €15,000 in costs related to diverted flight. Ryanair wants a limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports, as the airline released further details of legal action to recover €15,000 (£12,615) in costs related to a diversion it said was caused by an allegedly disruptive passenger.
The airline has called on European authorities to bring in new curbs on alcohol to stop passengers getting drunk before boarding a plane. Airlines reserve the right to deny boarding to anyone they deem to be excessively intoxicated. However, Ryanair now wants airports to require boarding passes be shown when passengers purchase alcohol at airport bars and pubs as they are in duty free shops.
“We fail to understand why passengers at airports are not limited to two alcoholic drinks (using their boarding pass in exactly the same way they limit duty free sales), as this would result in safer and better passenger behaviour on board aircraft, and a safer travel experience for passengers and crews all over Europe,”the airline said on Monday.
“During flight delays, passengers are consuming excess alcohol at airports without any limit on purchase or consumption,” it added. This month, Ryanair revealed it was suing an unidentified passenger for €15,000 in an effort to recover costs when the flight from Dublin to Lanzarote was redirected to Porto last April.
In its case against the individual, being brought in Irish courts, the airline is claiming €7,000 for hotel costs for 160 passengers and crew, €2,500 in landing and handling fees at the Portuguese airport and €1,800 in the cost of replacing the crew because of restrictions on flying hours.
