Ryanair chief threatens airline will bring more lawsuits against unruly customers
Ryanair chief threatens airline will bring more lawsuits against unruly customers
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The chief executive of Europe's largest airline has put customers on notice it will prosecute disruptive passengers as between two and three flights a week are diverted due to poor behaviour on Ryanair flights. Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary told Sky News: "If passengers continue disrupting our flights, we will sue you for the cost of those diversions and those disruptions.".
Earlier this month the low-cost airline said it had launched legal action against a passenger who, Ryanair said, cost the carrier £12,500 as it was forced to land early and put passengers up in Porto for a night, rather than continue to the end destination.
Money blog: Anti-tourist sentiment 'dangerous', Jet2 boss warns. While such diversions are a minority of the 3,500 daily Ryanair flights, Mr O'Leary said: "We're having two or three of these diversions a week. That's two or three too many.". He reiterated his call for a two-alcoholic drink limit in airports but said he would be happy for a three-drink cap.
"We don't care what the number is, but there just needs to be a little bit more common sense about it," Mr O'Leary said. Ryanair profits nearly 10 times higher as airfares defy expectations. Ryanair suing 'disruptive passenger' for causing flight to divert.
Ryanair sees profits dive after challenging summer. Ryanair was happy to restrict alcohol sales on its flights, he added. Criticism of Heathrow and Ms Reeves. The call for a drinks limit has not been received well by airports, Mr O'Leary said: "Airports have responded badly as they always do, they want to be filling people full of alcohol, particularly when flights are delayed.".
