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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

EasyJet passport rules: These are passengers’ rights if they were mistakenly denied boarding by airline

Simon Calder

Britain’s biggest budget airline has removed its misleading advice on UK passport validity for trips to the EU: easyJet now appears aligned with European Commission rules and no longer imposes harsh conditions of its own invention.

But in the five months between easyJet being told the post-Brexit rules and the airline aligning with them, ground staff have wrecked the travel plans of thousands of passengers by turning them away needlessly.

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