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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hayden Vernon

Ryanair boss calls for ban on early-morning airport drinks as bad behaviour rises

Two plastic cups of beer on a window ledge, with planes parked outside
‘Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?’ O’Leary said. Photograph: Islandstock/Alamy

A bleary-eyed pint at an airport bar before an early morning flight is a travel tradition for many Britons, but it may become a thing of the past if Ryanair’s boss, Michael O’Leary, gets his way.

The airline’s chief executive, no stranger to courting controversy, has said airports should be banned from serving alcohol to passengers before early flights in order to reduce the number of disruptive passengers on planes.

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