Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said airports should impose a two-alcoholic drink limit on passengers.
O'Leary believes airports “should limit the amount of alcoholic drinks sold to passengers to two” to reduce incidents of disruptive behaviour on planes. According to the Independent.
“Just as you have to show your boarding pass when buying cigarettes or alcohol in duty-free shops, we believe you should also have to show your boarding pass when buying alcoholic drinks in airport bars and you should never be served more than one alcoholic drink, especially if your flight is delayed,” he said.
Irish ultra-low-cost airline Ryanair and other European airlines have seen a “surge” in disruptive passengers on flights, particularly this summer, O'Leary told The Independent in an interview.
Mr O'Leary suggested “record-breaking” flight delays this summer were contributing to the problem as some travellers visited airport bars to kill time.
Ryanair bosses say air traffic control delays are one of the reasons flights are not departing on time this summer.
Ryanair carried 58.4 million passengers in May, June and July this year.
According to The Independent, Ryanair's CEO also said he wanted “more effective” local fines for travellers kicked off planes for nuisance behaviour.
O'Leary said the company was in contact with European governments about the issue of disruptive passengers.
Fact sheet published by International Air Transport Association The company reported that it has seen an “increase in reports of disruptive passenger behavior” every year.
According to IATA, the incidence rate for 2023 is one case per 480 flights, compared with one case per 568 flights in 2022.
