Airport drinking ban UK: All-day boozing at airports could be banned under new government plans
Gatwick Airport's Wetherspoons pub currently opens at 3am (Picture: Shutterstock) All-day drinking at UK airports could be banned under radical new proposals put forward by the government. The Home Office is set to launch a review into whether high-street licensing laws should be extended into terminals at the country’s airports. The move could see bars and restaurants unable to sell booze before 10am, ending the popular holidaymakers’ tradition of the ‘early morning pint’. Airlines have been calling for a clampdown on alcohol sales before flights following an increase in cases of drunken behaviour, and a spike in arrests. The Civil Aviation Authority said there were 417 reports of serious disruption on flights in 2017, up from 415 in 2016 and 195 in 2015. Ryanair has previously called for more “significant changes” to cut down the sale of alcohol at airports, including a two-drink limit per passenger. In August, two men dressed as Tinkerbell and the Bob the Builder