Ryanair is calling for a two-drink alcohol limit in airport bars

Ryanair is calling on all UK airports to limit the amount of alcohol passengers can purchase at airport bars in an effort to clamp down on drunken disorder on flights.

The airline are suggesting a two-drink limit be put in place, as well as a complete ban on the sale of alcohol before 10am.

The company has already prohibited customers from drinking duty-free alcohol onboard planes and have banned passengers flying from Glasgow and Manchester to Alicante and Ibiza from bringing it in their carry-on.

The news comes after a BBC Panorama investigation revealed the number of passengers arrested for alcohol-fuelled behaviour increased by 50 per cent in the last year.

The programme also shed a light on the types of behaviour cabin crew are forced to deal with on a daily basis.

Ally Murphy, a former Virgin Airlines cabin crew manager, told Panorama: “People just see us as barmaids in the sky”

“They would touch your breasts, or they'd touch your bum or your legs, or I mean I've had hands going up my skirt before.”

Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said: "This is an issue which the airports must now address and we are calling for significant changes to prohibit the sale of alcohol at airports, particularly with early morning flights and when flights are delayed."

He also accused airports of profiting from the non-restrictive drinking policy, saying: “It’s completely unfair that airports can profit from the unlimited sale of alcohol to passengers and leave the airlines to deal with the safety consequences.”