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Chief executive Michael O'Leary predicted problem will be worse at weekends and ease during the week because of staffing shortages

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said problems will be worse at weekends and better during the week

'They have no difficulty completing that, but we didn’t think it was appropriate either'

The British low-cost carrier drops a requirement for South African passengers to pass language test before travelling.

Ryanair has dropped a requirement for South African passengers to prove their nationality before travelling by completing a test in Afrikaans, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said after the policy drew a backlash among South Africans.

Brussels (AFP) - Air travel chaos in Britain is purely down to Brexit "shambles" by hobbling recruitment at airports, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday.

Maggie Chapman has written to the budget airlines CEO Michael O'Leary after it emerged that South Africans travelling on flights to the UK to prove their nationality by taking a test in the Afrikaans language.

RYANAIR has been urged to ditch a "racist and historically ignorant" test used on South Africans flying to the UK.

Travellers have already endured months of shambolic scenes at airports, with long queues and flights pulled because of staff shortages. Now, they could also see plane tickets going up

Michael Tierney and his family expected to return home from their holiday in Antalya on May 31 but were left stranded when they arrived at the airport to find out easyJet had cancelled their flight

Michael Tierney and his family felt "trapped" when they were stranded in Turkey for three days