A low-cost airline banned a passenger from flying after he was mistaken for one more particular person on its no-fly checklist

• A low-cost airline banned a passenger from flying with them for 10 years, the Mirror studies.
• Kieran Harris was blacklisted as he was mistaken for another person on the airline’s no-fly checklist.
• Harris mentioned EasyJet advised him he was blacklisted in an e mail for “earlier disruptive habits.”

A low-cost airline banned a passenger from flying after the airline had mistaken him for one more one who was blacklisted.

UK price range airline EasyJet advised Kieran Harris that he was blacklisted from the airline “resulting from earlier disruptive habits,” in accordance with a Could 24 e mail obtained by the Mirror. Harris, 21, was scheduled to fly from Liverpool, UK, to Alicante, Spain the next day, the Mirror reported on June 3. 

EasyJet then barred Harris from flying on the airline for 10 years — till March 15, 2031, per the Mirror. Ought to Harris ebook any flights earlier than the sanction expires, the ban can be lengthened accordingly, the report mentioned. 

However Harris wasn’t the one that was blacklisted up to now by EasyJet. Seems that he shares his full identify and start date with one other passenger, who was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail for aggressive habits, per the Mirror. The blacklisted passenger had threatened to kill cabin crew on board an EasyJet flight in Could 2021.

“I used to be gutted. I could not fairly get my head round it,” Harris advised the Mirror, including that he “did not have a seat on the flight, and there was no level in me even going to the airport.”

EasyJet then requested Harris to supply a photograph of his passport to confirm his identification, that he was, in actual fact, not the blacklisted passenger, per Mirror. The airline lifted the ban just some hours earlier than Harris’s scheduled flight, in accordance with the report.

Harris advised the Mirror the annoying expertise deters him from flying with EasyJet once more sooner or later.

“I am considering of getting a reputation change if this continues to occur,” he added.

In response to the database Archives.com, some 1 million information are discovered for individuals with the identify “Kieran Harris” within the UK alone.

An EasyJet spokesperson responded to the Mirror’s request for remark: “We’re very sorry that Mr Harris was incorrectly suggested he could not fly with us.”

In August, a lady was mistakenly barred from boarding a flight on Ryanair, one other low-cost service, to Majorca, Spain. Ryanair mentioned floor employees had misinterpreted air journey guidelines after Brexit.

Harris and EasyJet didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.