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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of August 2017
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
c/o Ryanair Ltd Corporate Head Office
Dublin
Airport
County Dublin Ireland
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual
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under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Act of
1934.
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RYANAIR CALLS ON UK AIRPORTS TO LIMIT PRE-FLIGHT ALCOHOL SALES
ESPECIALLY DURING FLIGHT DELAYS
Ryanair,
Europe's No. 1 airline, today (14 Aug) called on UK airports to
take necessary measures to prevent excessive alcohol consumption,
in the wake of increased disruptive behaviour from passengers
travelling from British airports.
The CAA
reported a 600% increase in disruptive passenger incidents in the
UK between 2012 and 2016 with most "involving alcohol" and Ryanair
urged the airports to take more responsibility for this safety
issue by:
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Banning the sale of
all alcohol in bars and restaurants before 10am.
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Introducing the
mandatory use of boarding cards when purchasing alcoholic drinks in
bars and restaurants (in the same way a boarding card is needed for
airport purchases) and limiting the number of drinks per boarding
pass to a max of two.
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Controlling the
sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants to passengers during flight
delays by limiting the number of drinks per boarding pass to a max
of two.
Ryanair
has already taken a number of measures to prevent disruptive
behaviour on its UK flights, and customers are not permitted to
consume their own duty-free purchases on board. Customers flying
from Glasgow Prestwick and Manchester to Alicante and Ibiza are no
longer permitted to bring duty free alcohol on board the aircraft,
and those who have purchased duty free alcohol will be asked to put
it into the hold or leave their purchases behind.
Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:
"It's
completely unfair that airports can profit from the unlimited sale
of alcohol to passengers and leave the airlines to deal with the
safety consequences. This is a particular problem during flight
delays when airports apply no limit to the sale of alcohol in
airside bars and restaurants. This is an issue which the airports
must now address and we are calling for significant changes to
prohibit the sale of alcohol at airports, particularly with early
morning flights and when flights are delayed.
As the
largest airline in Europe, Ryanair's number one priority is the
safety of our customers, crew and aircraft and we operate strict
guidelines for the carriage of customers who are disruptive or
appear to be under the influence of alcohol. Given that all our
flights are short-haul, very little alcohol is actually sold on
board, so it's incumbent on the airports to introduce these
preventative measures to curb excessive drinking and the problems
it creates, rather than allowing passengers to drink to excess
before their flights."
ENDS
For
further information
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please
contact:
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Robin
Kiely
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Piaras
Kelly
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Ryanair
DAC
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Edelman
Ireland
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Tel:
+353-1-9451949
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Tel: +353-1-6789
333
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press@ryanair.com
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ryanair@edelman.com
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Date: 14
August, 2017
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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