The airline has announced that in order to prioritise the comfort and safety of all passengers, customers will not be able to take alcohol on board. All hand luggage will be searched at boarding gates.
In the case of alcohol bought at airport shops, bottles must remain sealed until arrival. The airline explains: "Any alcohol purchased in airport shops or elsewhere must be packed carefully in a suitable item of cabin baggage, which will be tagged at the gate and then placed in the aircraft hold free of charge if you have purchased priority boarding or have a small piece of hand luggage.
"If the bag is unsuitable for placing in the hold (e.g. plastic bag) then customers will be required to dispose of the alcohol in the bins provided. Boarding gates will be carefully monitored and customers showing any signs of anti-social behaviour or attempting to conceal alcohol will be denied travel without refund or compensation."
Palma is one of the six airports. The others are Ibiza, Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife South and Alicante.
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JACQUELINE NEALWhy do you always have to shout (constantly use capital letters) in every single comment you post?
Like that's going to happen, a trolley dolly taking booze of a drunk.
why it took so much to clamp down on alcool on flights ?
THIS IS RYAN AIR....ARE THEY FOR REAL.....ITS A LAUGH...as we say here....VAMOS A VER...!!!!
@Jules Your logic could apply to firearms as well. All they will have to do is to check plastic bags. Mini bottles maybe, but opening a 70cl in full view of passengers and crew won’t be a risk worth taking, especially if you could possibly be banned from the return flight or have to pay for a new ticket.
I guarantee that Ryanair won't actually check the hand luggage of all 200 passengers on each flight. There's simply not manpower (nor turnaround time) to do it. Noble idea, and makes good headlines, but no chance of it actually happening on more than a few 'showpiece' occasions.