Recently, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called for an end to pre-flight pints.
Speaking to The Times, he said that the problem of inebriated passengers has gotten worse, claiming his company now has to divert an average of one flight a day due to rowdy behaviour on board.
This, he shared, is up from one diversion a week a decade ago.
“It’s becoming a real challenge for all airlines. I fail to understand why anybody in airport bars is serving people at five or six o’clock in the morning. Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?” he asked.
He also pointed out that airport bars don’t have to follow the usual operating hours of other alcohol vendors, saying, “There should be no alcohol served at airports outside [of those] licensing hours.”
O’Leary even called for a two-drink limit on airport bars, though he didn’t confirm whether Ryanair – which he sa...
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