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Ryanair CEO blasts airport bars for early morning alcohol sales fueling unruly passengers

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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary is advocating for stricter regulations on early morning alcohol sales at airport bars, citing a significant increase in disruptive passenger behavior on flights. He argues that airports, by allowing bars to serve drinks as early as 5 or 6 a.m., are contributing to the problem and shifting the burden of managing intoxicated passengers to airlines. O'Leary's call comes amid a broader trend of passengers using alcohol to cope with travel anxiety, which has been linked to a rise in unruly incidents on planes. AI

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Ryanair CEO blasts airport bars for early morning alcohol sales fueling unruly passengers

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Tristan Bove ·

    It’s always happy hour at the airport bar, but Ryanair’s CEO is calling for a crackdown on 6am tipples: ‘Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?’

    A familiar vice is threatening the raw liberty of being in an airport.

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