UK Proposes National Airline Blacklist for Abusive Passengers, Closing Ban Loophole Across Carriers
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 1
UK Proposes National Airline Blacklist for Abusive Passengers, Closing Ban Loophole Across Carriers
11 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 1
UK officials are drafting a national no-fly blacklist that could stop abusive passengers from booking with any airline, rather than only the carrier that first banned them.
The proposal responds to recurring rowdy and drunken incidents that spike in summer and can threaten crew and passenger safety or disrupt flights and holidays.
Department for Transport officials will meet airlines this month on how a shared database would work; the scheme may not need new laws, but GDPR and data-sharing rules remain unresolved.
Airlines UK backed the plan as a next step for the most serious cases, after recent incidents including a 10-month jail term for a disruptive Ryanair passenger and Jet2 lifetime bans after a mid-air brawl.
Will a national passenger blacklist stop air rage, or is the real problem unchecked airport drinking?
As the UK plans a no-fly list, what stops you from being wrongly blacklisted with no way to appeal?