An airline has introduced regulations on passengers’ clothing following incidents involving “inappropriate” outfits.
Spirit Airlines in the United States has drawn up a plethora of rules, which include a ban on clothing with swearwords written on them and certain types of body art.
Gate and cabin crew have been briefed on the extensive list, and have been tasked to keep an eye out on travellers’ attire before allowing them to board their flights.
The airline updated its ‘Contract of Carriage’ in January to prohibit certain items of clothing and styles. The regulations include not allowing passengers to board if they are “barefoot” or “inadequately clothed”. The aviation company has defined this as “see-through clothing; not adequately covered; exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts”.
The new regulations also ban passengers “whose clothing or article, including body art, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature or has an offensive odour unless caused by a qualified disability.”
The tough measures have reportedly been brought in following a passenger trying to board their flight wearing a crop top last October, before getting removed.
She told the MailOnline at the time: “It’s just humiliating having to be escorted and treated like a criminal just because we were wearing crop tops.
“It was such a dehumanizing experience. We wasted our time, other people’s time, our money, our dignity.”
Another individual was kicked off his flight for refusing to remove his hoodie, which read: “F*** hate world tour.”
Spirit Airlines is not the only company to enforce dress codes on flight, as United Airlines states that passengers can be turned away if they are “barefoot, not properly clothed, or whose clothing is lewd, obscene or offensive.”
The popular Delta Air Lines has also warned that passengers not wearing footwear can be removed from the plane, or “when the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene or odour creates an unreasonable risk of offence or annoyance to other passengers.”
Most airlines in the UK such as British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet do not have any dress codes, although they can still refuse to let passengers with inappropriate clothing on the flight at their discretion.
Express.co.uk has contacted Spirit Airlines for comment.
