A pensioner was blocked from boarding his Ryanair flight to Portugal on Monday – despite his passport not expiring until April 2023.
Ian Glover, 66, was turned away from the Ryanair check-in desk at East Midlands Airport for his flight to Faro in Portugal on Monday, April 25. They told him his passport was too close to its expiry date.
The retired chartered surveyor, from Derby, renewed his passport in 2012 with a year to go, meaning its new expiry date ten years later falls in April 2023. The government website says to travel to Portugal a UK citizen’s passport must be less than ten years since the date of issue and be valid for at least three months after the date you leave, reports DerbyshireLive.
