{"id":12084,"date":"2025-01-08T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/ryanair-is-suing-disruptive-passenger-for-15000-in-damages\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:02:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:02:40","slug":"ryanair-is-suing-disruptive-passenger-for-15000-in-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/ryanair-is-suing-disruptive-passenger-for-15000-in-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair is suing \u2018disruptive passenger\u2019 for $15,000 in damages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryanair, Europe\u2019s biggest airline, is going after unruly passengers on its flights and has filed for \u20ac15,000 ($15,400) in damages from a passenger who disrupted a flight last year. <\/p>\n

The Ireland-based budget airline announced Wednesday that it has filed legal proceedings against the passenger, who, it said, disrupted a flight from Dublin to Lanzarote in Spain in April of last year. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis passenger\u2019s inexcusable behaviour forced this flight to divert to Porto where it was delayed overnight, causing 160 passengers to face unnecessary disruption,\u201d the airline said in a statement published online. <\/p>\n

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The carrier said it has filed a case in the Irish Circuit Court seeking to recover the costs of the delay, which included overnight accommodation, passenger expenses, and landing costs. <\/p>\n

There have been several reports of disruptive behavior on Ryanair flights in recent years. <\/p>\n

In November, the UK\u2019s Independent newspaper reported that a Ryanair flight was forced to alert authorities before landing in Tenerife, Spain after several passengers became disruptive and one person urinated in the aisle. <\/p>\n

A passenger who disrupted a Ryanair flight to Athens in 2020 was convicted last month in a Greek court and given a five-month suspended jail sentence, along with a \u20ac400 ($412) fine. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis demonstrates just one of the many consequences that passengers who disrupt flights will face as part of Ryanair\u2019s zero tolerance policy,\u201d a spokesperson for the airline said in a statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe plan to pursue civil action against disruptive passengers as a move towards eliminating disruptive passenger behaviour,\u201d the spokesperson added. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n

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