MILAN - The low-cost airline Ryanair will suspend all domestic flights in Italy from Saturday, January 23, 2010 in opposition to the National Authority for Civil Aviation ( ENAC ) . The block of flights departing from and arriving at cover the airports of Alghero, Bari, Bologna, Brindisi , Milan ( Orio al Serio) , Pescara, Pisa, Rome (Ciampino) and Trapani.
The decision was taken after the Administrative Court rejected the appeal of the company against the recent ENAC ordinances which require Ryanair to embark Italian citizens , checked in on-line exhibit at embarkation documents of different recognition passport and identity card (and thus driving licenses , identification cards , etc. Professional . ) . This measure , according to the Irish company , introduces " unsafe forms of identification for passengers traveling on domestic routes ."
Ryanair claims that the safety procedures adopted by the company in Italy " have always gone forward satisfactorily for many years on all the thousands of routes Ryanair is for domestic flights and for international ones throughout the European Union." For this reason, the company " was surprised and disappointed that the ENAC , without consulting or discussing with Ryanair " , introduced unilaterlmente ordinances that undermine " the established procedures ."
According to Ryanair , the "Order ENAC threatens to stop the personal dell´handling , if he refuses to travel with passengers not permitted forms of identification including driver´s licenses, fishing licenses badge working or Italian ." the decision of ENAC , moreover , accuses Ryanair , will lead to the result to "reduce the safety of Ryanair passengers and flights on domestic routes Italian " .
Ryanair finally rejects " interference " with the rules accepted by the same passengers and announced the suspension of domestic flights from January 23 ( with one month´s notice ) , noting that the flights will be restored only if the company "will be certain that the safety of its operations will not be threatened by interference from illegal ENAC . "
Ryanair initially had to TAR Lazio but gave reason ENAC , stating that the company must agree to the passengers ´ identity documents that are valid according to the rules in force in Italy . On this occasion, ENAC had remembered that the orders were necessary " as Ryanair , in the act of the match between the name on the ticket and the identity document required by security procedures (security) , he accepted only a few documents resulting discomfort and inconvenience to passengers who had not carrying their passports or identity cards .
Source Repubblica.it
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