ENAC, the National Civil Aviation Authority, has communicated to Ryanair to have repeatedly violated the anti-Covid-19 health regulations in force, ordered by the government chaired by Giuseppe Conte. Therefore, the health of passengers is at risk. ENAC has specified that if the airline does not remedy it will risk seeing each other all air transport activities suspended in Italian airports. Not only that: Ryanair, in that case, will be forced to provide for the re-protection of all passengers already in possession of the ticket.
What are the rules violated by Ryanair
ENAC also explained that the Airport Departments found that Ryanair “systematically“Did not comply with the provisions envisaged in Italy to limit the health risk deriving from the coronavirus” on board aircraft departing and arriving at national airports “. Primarily the obligation of distancing between passengers was not observed. Then also the conditions that allow the derogation from this distancing have been disregarded.
What Ryanair risks
So the ENAC has informed Ryanair in the interest of public health: if the violations were to continue, in fact, an exclusion provision will be made against the company of the possibility of derogating from the obligation to distance, with the consequence that the filling of the aircraft would be allowed only up to 50% of the capacity.
If further non-compliance with obligations under national regulations is ascertained, ENAC will be forced to apply the provisions of the Navigation code (art. 802 – departure ban) and to impose the Suspension of any air transport activity in national airports, asking the carrier to provide, at the same time, to re-protect all passengers already in possession of a travel document.
Finally, ENAC underlined how the measures envisaged on airplanes, from the obligation of the mask to the spacing (which can be waived if the carrier observes all the conditions foreseen by the technical annexes of the Dpcm in force), are health and non-aeronautical provisions: must be enforced by the same operators on board the aircraft.
What does ‘reprotection’ mean
The riprotezione consists of boarding an alternative flight to the final destination as soon as possible or at a later date more convenient for the passenger, depending on the availability of seats. The reprotection is foreseen by the Passenger rights charter.
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