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Ryanair: Passengers face a £2,000 fine if breaking a particular law onboard (Image: Getty)

Ryanair passengers who buy alcohol in duty-free face huge fines if taking it onboard.

Anyone who attempts to drink their bought booze on the plane could be fined due to breaking the law.

Fines could be issued for anyone in breach of the rules and according to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) being drunk onboard could also see imprisonment of up to two years.

Passenger incidents which cause flights to be diverted due to being inebriated are on the rise, as flight attendants report a rise in drunken assaults.

The latest changes could affect many passengers who frequently fly with duty-free alcohol.

According to The Sun, a Ryanair flight attendant onboard a plane from Malaga to London Stansted warned passengers of the rules.

They explained: “I’d like to remind you that you can’t drink any alcohol you’ve bought in duty free on this plane."

“It is illegal and you’ll be fined £2,000 if you do.”

However, a Ryanair spokesperson has debunked this claim and stated that Ryanair does not impose fines.

They explained: “Ryanair does not impose fines on board but does have a zero tolerance policy towards disruptive behaviour.

"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.

"Ryanair has already taken a number of measures to prevent disruptive behaviour on its flights, and customers are not permitted to consume their own duty-free purchases on board.

"Customers flying from Glasgow Prestwick and Manchester to Alicante and on all UK flights to 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.”
 
Ridiculous reasons people have been kicked off flights Ryanair: Passengers boarding with duty-free alcohol in their hand-luggage face huge fines (Image: Getty)

Ryanair has been vocal in pushing a restriction on alcohol being consumed both onboard and at airports

The restriction of alcohol follows an e-mail that was previously sent to passengers earlier this year when travelling to Ibiza warning them of duty-free alcohol onboard.

Mixmag reported Ryanair told passengers that alcohol “must be packed carefully in a suitable item of cabin baggage”.

This would then be tagged at the gate and placed into the aircraft hold for free. Passengers could then retrieve it at the end of the journey at baggage claim.

On Saturday, a flight from Dublin to Ibiza had to redirect to Paris after three disruptive passengers forced the emergency landing.

The low-cost airline proposes a two-drink limit and no alcohol served before 10am in the airport. Ryanair: Drunken passenger arrests are on the rise (Image: Getty)

In a statement, Ryanair said: "It is 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.

The airline itself rarely sells alcohol due to the short-haul nature of their flights.

A Dublin airport spokesperson, however, told the BBC that the suggestion was “draconian”.

They warned that the change would affect all passengers despite it just being a “very small minority of airline travellers” who break the laws.

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