Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77034
Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will increase the (a) penalties and (b) sanctions for air passengers who cause (i) disruption, (ii) delay and (iii) danger to (A) passengers and (B) crew on commercial passenger aircraft (1) during fligh
Answer
Keir MatherAll passengers and crew should have the right to feel safe when travelling by air. The Air Navigation Order 2016 sets out offences such as endangering an aircraft, interfering with crew duties, or being drunk onboard, all of which carry criminal penalties...
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