Airline CEO wants airports to cap passengers at 2 alcoholic drinks to limit on-board disruptions
Ryanair CEO suggested 'record high' flight delays have contributed to the issue
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said airports should institute a two-drink limit on alcoholic beverages for flyers.
O’Leary believes that airports need to limit "the amount of alcohol that can be sold to any passenger to two alcoholic drinks" to help reduce instances of airline passengers becoming disruptive on flights, according to the Independent.
Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)
"In the same way that you have to show your boarding pass when you go through Duty Free to buy cigarettes or alcohol, we believe you should show your boarding pass to buy an alcoholic drink at a bar at an airport, and you shouldn’t be served more than two alcoholic drinks, particularly when flights are delayed," he said.
Ryanair, an Irish ultra low-cost carrier, and other European airlines have seen a "spike" in disruptive passengers onboard planes "particularly this summer," O'Leary said in an interview with the Independent.
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O’Leary suggested "record high" flight delays this summer have contributed to the issue, as some travelers visit airport bars to pass time. Air traffic control delays have contributed to flights not leaving on-time this summer, according to the Ryanair executive.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary talks to media in Brussels on Tuesday. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Ryanair has flown 58.4 million passengers over May, June and July of this year.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary suggested "record high" flight delays this summer have contributed to the issue, as some travelers visit airport bars to pass time. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The Ryanair CEO also said he wanted to see "more effective" local fines for travelers who are removed from flights due to their disruptive behavior, according to The Independent.
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The airline has been in touch with some European governments about the issue of disruptive passengers, O’Leary said.
A fact sheet published by the International Air Transport Association reported an annual "increase in the rate of reported unruly passenger incidents."
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The rate for 2023 was one incident per 480 flights, according to the IATA. In 2022, it was one for every 568 flights.