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[Article] Bah, humbug as airline bans festive 'crack'

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  • 17-12-2004 11:55pm
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    Victor
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    http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/4668180?view=Eircomnet
    Bah, humbug as airline bans festive 'crack'
    From:The Irish Independent
    Friday, 17th December, 2004

    THE festive season will go without a bang for airline travellers this year as they will no longer be allowed to take Christmas crackers on flights.

    The humble cracker joins a list of prohibited items including firearms, explosives, paints and glue that are banned from hold and cabin baggage on low-cost Ryanair flights.

    And busy Stansted airport in England has also put a gag on the festive novelties by slapping a blanket ban on passengers carrying crackers in their hand luggage.

    Airport spokesman Robert Barrigan said they were not adopting a "bah, humbug" approach and had imposed the ban for safety reasons.

    But Aer Lingus said it was not a "party pooper", and said that provided boxes of crackers were not being transported for commercial use, passengers could bring them on board.

    The Irish Aviation Authority said it did not classify crackers as dangerous goods and it was up to airline to decide their own policy.

    The restriction could hit hard large numbers of Irish visitors with reports that they had been stocking up on crackers in Britain as they are far cheaper there than in Ireland.

    Ryanair confirmed it would not permit them to be carried onboard.

    Fergus Black

    Also remember to not wrap presents before you get to the airport.

    http://www.dublinairport.ie/AR_Dublin/Live/Lv_pres_GenTemplate.asp?strPage_Name=DN_timesavers

    http://www.dublinairport.ie/AR_Dublin/Live/Lv_pres_GenTemplate.asp?strPage_Name=DN_confiscateditems
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