Ryanair has reaffirmed its demand that airport bars implement a two-drink restriction per traveler, reports RTE.
“A safer travel experience for passengers and crews” would be the outcome of such a policy, according to the airline.
The airline declared last week that it has begun pursuing legal action as part of a “major misconduct clampdown” to recoup damages from unruly passengers, reports RTE.
It claimed to have brought civil lawsuits against a traveler in Ireland to recover €15,000 in damages for a Dublin to Lanzarote aircraft that changed its route to Porto in April of last year.
Ryanair argues that the detour was caused by the passenger’s actions.
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According to the report, the €15,000 includes expenses like lodging for the more than 160 passengers and six crew members overnight (€7,000), landing and handling fees at Porto Airport (€2,500), and Portuguese legal fees (€2,500), reports RTE.
European governments “repeatedly fail to take action when disruptive passengers threaten aircraft safety and force them to divert,” according to a Ryanair representative.
“It is time that European Union authorities take action to limit the sale of alcohol at airports. Airlines like Ryanair already restrict and limit the sale of alcohol on board our aircraft, particularly in disruptive passenger cases,” the spokesperson said, reports RTE.
“However, during flight delays, passengers are consuming excess alcohol at airports without any limit on purchase or consumption. 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,” he added, reports RTE.
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