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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

BBC News

• Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airportsThe call comes as BBC Panorama finds arrests of drunken passengers has increased by 50% in a year.
• Should Nigeria have a national airline?The Nigerian government is investing in a national airline but does the country need one?

Financial Times

• Good riddance to airport landing cardsThere are now far better ways to vet incoming passengers than paper forms

The Guardian

• Airports are failing disabled passengers, and we are tired of it | Elizabeth WrightThe wheelchair assistance I need when taking a flight is badly managed and often delayed. Companies need to treat us the same as able-bodied travellersReturning from Rome after a holiday, my plane taxied to its stand and I waited for all the more ambulatory passengers to disembark. I had wheelchair assistance booked – a much-needed service for someone who, like me, struggles to walk long distances – and the drill was that the disabled had to be last off.Once the other passengers disappeared, I made my way to the front of the plane to wait for the wheelchairs, along with three other people requ...
• 'I've been sworn at, vomited on and touched inappropriately by drunken air passengers'According to tonight’s Panorama programme there have been 387 arrests for drunken air behaviour in the last year, a rise of 50%. The numbers may well be much higher says a former flight attendantWhen you’re trapped in a pressurised metal tube, hurtling through the sky at 500mph, it’s an unusual situation. Certain stresses – not being in control, lower oxygen levels, having your personal space encroached, or just pure excitement for your destination – mean people like to use alcohol to either manage nerves or to celebrate. But what if those drinks affect you more than usual? What if they make y...

The Scotsman

• Ryanair calls on UK airports to enforce two-drink limitRyanair is calling on UK airports to enforce a two-drink limit after it was revealed the number of passengers arrested for drunken behaviour increased by 50 per cent in the last year.

Mail Online

• Ryanair calls on UK airport bars to impose drinking limit The budget airline has already stopped people flying from Glasgow and Manchester to Alicante and Ibiza from bringing any alcohol on board the aircraft at all to improve behaviour.

The Mirror

• "All they care about is sales": Ryanair steward leaks crew's alcohol targets after airline demands two-drink limit at airports An anonymous employee claims the airline 'only cares about sales' after it announced earlier they want a clamp-down in alcohol sales to combat drunken behaviour on flights

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Airbus releases YouTube video promoting world's 'most successful' aircraft group The A320 family has more than 300 customers and 13,000 orders

Liverpool Echo

• Plane passengers won't be happy with the new rule Ryanair wants to introduce The airline wants the rule to be enforced at all airports

London Evening Standard

• British banker left 8,500 miles from home after getting on wrong flightA British banker trying to fly home to Essex says he boarded the wrong plane and ended up in Las Vegas – despite airport staff checking his boarding pass three times.
• Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at UK airports as investigation reveals spike in drunken behaviourRyanair has called for a two-drink limit after an investigation revealed the number of passengers arrested for drunken behaviour has risen by 50 per cent in one year.
• Drunken arrests on flights surge as airline staff tell of sexual harassment by passengersA former cabin crew manager has told how she was repeatedly sexually harassed by drunken passengers on board flights to and from the UK.

Manchester Evening News

• Ryanair want to change the rules over what you can drink before a flight In a bid to reduce the amount of drunken incidents in airports, Ryanair propose a new rule which limits how much alcohol can be sold to passengers

Aviation Industry

• Ryanair calls for new measures as drink disturbances rocketIreland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has called for strict limits on the amount of alcohol passengers can be served at UK airports, following a spike in the number of people arrested for drunken behavior at airports or on flights. read more
• CEO: Cobalt Air to install onboard Wi-FiCyprus-based airline Cobalt Air is to fit its fleet of Airbus A320-family aircraft with an onboard Wi-Fi system to allow passengers to download content onto their personal electronic devices. read more
• US Lessor ACG reports $891 million benefit from tax status conversionCalifornia-based aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group’s (ACG) tax status conversion in late March provided a substantial tax benefit to its overall equity, propelling ACG to an $887.5 million net profit for the first half of 2017, compared to $37.6 million in net profit for the same period in 2016. read more