No señoras: Ryanair’s racy calendar lands a ban

Ryanair’s racy calendar featuring stewardesses in bikinis has been banned in Spain for being sexist.

Judge Amanda Cohen ordered the low-cost airline to drop its annual Girls of Ryanair campaign after a formal complaint from consumer group Adecua, which has asked for it to be banned for the past five years. The ju-dge described the calendar as “illegal, discriminatory, and unfair”. She ruled the cabin crew are shown in “a sexually suggestive manner” and that “the female body is being used as a mere object”. She said it was “obvious” the calendar was being used to sell tickets.

But last night, Ryanair said the ruling only related to last year’s calendar and would not stop the sales of this year’s edition. It is appealing the decision.