Ryanair wants to introduce a new rule for all plane passengers and you won't like it
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Ryanair is calling for a ban on how much booze passengers can buy at airports to clamp down on alcohol-fuelled disorder on flights.
The budget airline says drunken behaviour on flights is getting out of control and airport bosses must act now.
Ryanair wants to introduce a two-drink limit on how much alcohol passengers can buy in airport bars and restaurants.
The company also wants to see a ban on sales before 10am and believes passengers should have to show their boarding pass before being served.
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Ryanair says the Civil Aviation Authority reported a 600% increase in disruptive passenger incidents in the UK between 2012 and 2016, with most incidents “involving alcohol”.
Ryanair says its rules, if introduced, would stop boozy travellers getting drunk while waiting for planes and causing trouble in the skies.
The firm said in a statement: "Ryanair has already taken a number of measures to prevent disruptive behaviour on its UK flights and customers are not permitted to consume their own duty-free purchases on board.
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"Customers flying from Glasgow Prestwick and Manchester to Alicante and Ibiza are no longer permitted to bring duty free alcohol on board the aircraft - and those who have purchased duty free alcohol will be asked to put it into the hold or leave their purchases behind."
Chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs added: "It’s completely unfair that airports can profit from the unlimited sale of alcohol to passengers and leave the airlines to deal with the safety consequences.
"This is a particular problem during flight delays when airports apply no limit to the sale of alcohol in airside bars and restaurants.
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"This is an issue which the airports must now address and we are calling for significant changes to prohibit the sale of alcohol at airports, particularly with early morning flights and when flights are delayed.
"As the largest airline in Europe, Ryanair's number one priority is the safety of our customers, crew and aircraft and we operate strict guidelines for the carriage of customers who are disruptive or appear to be under the influence of alcohol.
"Given that all our flights are short-haul, very little alcohol is actually sold on board so it’s incumbent on the airports to introduce these preventative measures to curb excessive drinking and the problems it creates, rather than allowing passengers to drink to excess before their flights.”