Ryanair introduces £500 fine for disruptive passengers who have to be taken off aircraft

Ryanair has introduced a £500 fine for disruptive passengers whose unruly behaviour results in them being taken off the aircraft.

The Irish airline says it hopes the new policy will "act as a deterrent to eliminate this unacceptable behaviour".

It says the fine is the minimum punishment, and legal action could be launched.

A Ryanair spokesperson said, "It is unacceptable that passengers are made suffer unnecessary disruption because of one unruly passenger’s behaviour."

"To help ensure that our passengers and crew travel in a comfortable and stress-free environment, without unnecessary disruption caused by a tiny number of unruly passengers, we have introduced a £500 fine, which will be issued to any passengers offloaded from aircraft as a result of their misconduct."

"While these are isolated events which happen across all airlines, disruptive behaviour in such a confined shared space is unacceptable, and we hope that our proactive approach will act as a deterrent to eliminate this unacceptable behaviour onboard our aircraft.”