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

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 · 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.