Owing to a fight with Italy's civil aviation authority, ENAC, over passenger identification, Ryanair says it will suspend its domestic Italy operations starting Jan. 23.
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Ryanair To Suspend Domestic Italy Flights
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"Meanwhile, Ryanair said today it would continue operating all its Italian domestic flights after a row over check-in documents with Italian regulator ENAC was resolved. The airline had threatened to ground the flights from January 23.
Ryanair had objected to a decision from ENAC to cut requirements on documents that passengers have to present before boarding the planes. The airline said the new requirements would not have provided a secure form of identification.
ENAC has now agreed that all passengers on Ryanair's domestic flights in Italy will provide either a passport or a valid EU/EEA national identity card in full compliance with its security requirements."
http://www.rte.ie/business/2010/0107/ryanair.html
Ryanair had objected to a decision from ENAC to cut requirements on documents that passengers have to present before boarding the planes. The airline said the new requirements would not have provided a secure form of identification.
ENAC has now agreed that all passengers on Ryanair's domestic flights in Italy will provide either a passport or a valid EU/EEA national identity card in full compliance with its security requirements."
http://www.rte.ie/business/2010/0107/ryanair.html
Re: Ryanair To Suspend Domestic Italy Flights
It is in fact quite normal that you can be identified before boarding an airplane.
Re: Ryanair To Suspend Domestic Italy Flights
the row was about the appliation of italian law on domestic flights.
the law states that any form of ID released by an official governmental body is valid for boarding a plane.
this includes fishing permits, nautical licenses, governmental employee badges, the membershipcard of the cultural organisation of Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, and many many many others,
ryanair stated that for security reasons it could not allow these to be accepted and decided to suspend flights.
The deal is now thatfor web check-in they will update systems ASAP and in the meanwhile will accept any form of ID on normal systems. Obviously from an economical point of view they could suspend/cancel Italy in being it their second market.
the law states that any form of ID released by an official governmental body is valid for boarding a plane.
this includes fishing permits, nautical licenses, governmental employee badges, the membershipcard of the cultural organisation of Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, and many many many others,
ryanair stated that for security reasons it could not allow these to be accepted and decided to suspend flights.
The deal is now thatfor web check-in they will update systems ASAP and in the meanwhile will accept any form of ID on normal systems. Obviously from an economical point of view they could suspend/cancel Italy in being it their second market.