Ryanair Drops Afrikaans Test Rule For South African Travellers

Ryanair Holdings Plc dropped a controversial requirement for South African travellers to the UK and Ireland to take a test in Afrikaans to prove their nationality.

Europe’s largest low-cost airline had imposed the measure to prevent the use of fraudulent passports, but drew criticism as the language is only spoken by a minority of the South African population. The government said it was “taken aback” by the policy, calling it a “backward profiling system.”