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Ryanair to sue government for £3m over security alert
No-frills carrier Ryanair has submitted claim for £3.3 million in compensation resulting from tightened UK airport security following this month’s terrorist altert.
The airline called on Department for Transport to restore normal airport security measures.
Chief executive Michael O’Leary condemned the DfT for “undermining the credibility of UK airport security” and “pandering to extremists” by continuing with what he described as “nonsensical and ineffective” measures, adding: “The DfT has failed to explain how these measures add to or improve airport security”.
He added: “The purpose of this claim is to encourage the DfT to restore UK airport security to the effective IATA norm and to prevent similar breakdowns at UK airports during future security scares by putting in the necessary police and army personnel to carry out extra security checks whenever the government decides to double or quadruple them again without notice.”
He added that the airline did not want to be seen to be profiteering from the action, so all proceeds from a successful claim would be donated to charity.
To coincide with the claim, Ryanair released one million seats for 99p “to keep Britain flying”.
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