Two beers per passenger: Ryanair demands alcohol limit at the airport
Swords (Ireland) - It is not uncommon for some party-goers to start "pre-drinking" before departure. But the airline Ryanair now wants to take action against alcohol consumption at the airport in order to avoid unpleasant incidents.

In an official press release, the Irish low-cost airline writes about a court case that Ryanair is conducting against a former passenger.
An unpleasant incident is said to have occurred on April 9 last year on a flight from Dublin (Ireland) to Lanzarote(Spain). A male passenger is said to have insulted other passengers while heavily intoxicated to such an extent that the plane had to make a stopover in Porto (Portugal).
There, the drunk man was finally arrested by the police and taken away. However, the plane could not simply fly on to Lanzarote after this unplanned stopover.
All 160 passengers and the six crew members had to be taken to a nearby hotel and the plane had to be serviced and refueled at the airport.
Stopover cost Ryanair a whole 15,350 euros

This unplanned stopover cost the airline a total of 15,350 euros, as it stated in the press release. Naturally, it was not prepared to pay this price. Ryanair is therefore suing the drunk passenger for damages.
The airline is also demanding that the EU authorities take measures against alcohol abuse at airports, as such unpleasant incidents are occurring more and more frequently, according to a Ryanair spokesperson. The airline wants to introduce a strict limit of two alcoholic drinks per passenger.
This is to be controlled by requiring passengers to show their boarding ticket when purchasing an alcoholic drink in the air, similar to a duty-free store on the ground.