Drinking duty-free booze on planes 'should be a criminal offence'
- la8021
- May 3, 2017
- 1 min read
Drinking alcohol bought in duty free on board planes should be made a criminal offence, according to airlines.
Airlines UK - which represents carriers such as British Airways, EasyJet, Thomas Cook and Virgin Atlantic - has told Sky News the move would help reduce incidents of "air rage" fuelled by booze.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) there were 421 incidences of disruptive passengers at UK airports in 2016, with the majority thought to be down to alcohol.
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