An eleven-year-old boy was left in tears after Ryanair stopped him from boarding a flight to Tenerife despite his passport not expiring for another four months.
Ryley McGuckin, 11, cried and apologised to his little brother Barry, 7, after staff at Prestwick Airport claimed his passport had expired and wasn’t compliant with new Brexit travel rules.
Ryley's travel document was issued in March 2017 and expires in September 2022, and Brexit rules on entering the EU state passports must be less than 10 years old and have at least three months' validity left on the passenger's return date - meaning his passport is valid for use until June 31. But Ryanair told mum Natasha Rae that Ryley's passport was more than five years old - rendering it invalid in the EU.
