Pub landlord lambasts Ryanair boss over 'ridiculous' call to ban pre-flight alcohol
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A pub landlord has launched a scathing attack on the boss of Ryanair over his call to ban pre-flight alcohol at airports.Speaking to GB News, boss of the Old Thatch in Wimborne, Andy Lennox hit out at Michael O'Leary, declaring that "saving British pubs" is "more important".Mr O'Leary has called for a ban on early morning alcohol sales at airport bars, warning that pre-flight drinking is driving a surge in disruptive passenger behaviour.He told The Times: "I fail to understand why anybody in airports bars is serving people at five or six o'clock in the morning.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "There should be no alcohol served at airports outside [those] licensing hours."Wetherspoons founder Sir Tim Martin has hit back at Ryanair's chief executive and criticised the "Big Brother policing" of alcohol in airports, warning that this could lead to passengers being breathalised in an "authoritarian overreach".
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