SPAIN - Spanish air authorities have opened an investigation into Ryanair after the Irish low-cost carrier requested three emergency landings in July due to fuel shortages, officials said.
An official with Spain's development ministry told AFP that the state air security agency opened its investigation last week following a complaint by the company that manages the country's airports.
The events took place July 26 in Valencia, where three Ryanair planes "declared emergency landings due to lack of fuel,'' the official said.
The planes had been rerouted from Madrid airport due to bad weather and were placed in a holding pattern. They were given landing priority when their pilots warned they were running low on fuel.
"They weren't emergency landings, they were normal landings,'' a Ryanair spokesman said in Madrid, adding that each plane had more than 30 minutes of fuel remaining, even after overflying Madrid by about an hour.
... "All Ryanair flights operate with the required levels of fuel,'' the spokesman said. "This includes the fuel needed for travelling on the runway, the flight, reroutings, diversions, and unforeseen events.''
The Irish Sunday Independent newspaper reported that Ryanair stipulates the amount of fuel that each flight should have and that pilots are required to keep refueling to a minimum and to justify any excess by writing.
The Spanish CEACCU consumer association has filed a complaint against Ryanair with the civil aviation authority on the grounds the airline was jeopardising passenger safety.
The association asked for the airline's operating licence to be suspended for three years and for a fine of 4.5 million euros (S$6.9 million).
Three Ryanair planes "declared emergency landings due to lack of fuel.''
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SPAIN - Spanish air authorities have opened an investigation into Ryanair after the Irish low-cost carrier requested three emergency landings in July due to fuel shortages, officials said.
An official with Spain's development ministry told AFP that the state air security agency opened its investigation last week following a complaint by the company that manages the country's airports.
The events took place July 26 in Valencia, where three Ryanair planes "declared emergency landings due to lack of fuel,'' the official said.
The planes had been rerouted from Madrid airport due to bad weather and were placed in a holding pattern. They were given landing priority when their pilots warned they were running low on fuel.
"They weren't emergency landings, they were normal landings,'' a Ryanair spokesman said in Madrid, adding that each plane had more than 30 minutes of fuel remaining, even after overflying Madrid by about an hour.
... "All Ryanair flights operate with the required levels of fuel,'' the spokesman said. "This includes the fuel needed for travelling on the runway, the flight, reroutings, diversions, and unforeseen events.''
The Irish Sunday Independent newspaper reported that Ryanair stipulates the amount of fuel that each flight should have and that pilots are required to keep refueling to a minimum and to justify any excess by writing.
The Spanish CEACCU consumer association has filed a complaint against Ryanair with the civil aviation authority on the grounds the airline was jeopardising passenger safety.
The association asked for the airline's operating licence to be suspended for three years and for a fine of 4.5 million euros (S$6.9 million).
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