Airline introduces strict new dress code for passengers with ban on rude tattoos and sheer clothes
AIRLINE passengers flying with Spirit Airlines are facing much stricter rules when it comes to what they can wear on the plane.
The Florida airline is enforcing a much stricter dress code for passengers, as well as anyone with certain tattoos.
The contract of carriage confirmed the rules included anyone “barefoot or inadequately clothed, or whose clothing or article, including body art, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature”.
Explaining this further, it includes any “see-through clothing” as well as any that expose “breasts, buttocks and other private parts”.
While being barefoot was already on the ban list, the other strict rules have since been enforced.
Passengers may be banned from boarding or told to remove the aircraft if they break the rules.
Earlier this year, a man was removed from the plane after refusing to remove his hoodie which said “F*** hate world tour.”
And last October, a passenger was kicked off the a Spirit Airlines for wearing a crop top.
She told the Mail Online 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.”
The Sun has contacted Spirit Airlines for comment.
And it’s not just Spirit that has banned passengers from a flight due to what they were wearing.
Back in 2023, Southwest passenger Maggi Thorne was told to cover up when she boarded the plane wearing a sports bra and joggers.
She said at the time: “I’m not a confrontational person, but what happened isn’t okay and someone should say something about it.”
In 2022, a woman was stopped from boarding her flight for wearing a top with swear words on, while another said he was threatened with a “indefinite flight ban” for a jumper that said “F*** Biden”.
In 2021, a woman was stopped from boarding after being told the pilot didn’t like people “showing a lot of skin” when boarding with a backless halter neck top.
Most airlines in the UK such as British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet do not have any dress codes although can still refuse to let passengers with rude or skimpy clothing on the plane at their discretion.
American Airlines warns on their website: “Dress appropriately; bare feet or offensive clothing aren’t allowed.”
The Sun's flight attendant on what to never wear
We’re well within our rights to prevent people getting on the flight and it’s used frequently for people who aren’t dressed in a way we would deem to be acceptable.
There are some obvious examples here, including t-shirts with swear words or offensive logos on them, which people are regularly asked to cover up, or remove, before they get on board.
Meanwhile, other people frequently turn up to the airport wearing their swimwear, all ready for the beach.
I get that you’re heading to a hot country, but you’ve got a flight to deal with first.
Other clothing items we’ve asked people to remove or cover up include football shirts and political messages.
We completely respect your right to support teams, causes and anything you’d like.
But other people on the plane might strongly disagree with you and, while trapped in a tube thousands of feet in the air, we try and prevent as many disagreements as possible.
So sometimes we’ll take a pro-active approach to minimising conflict and hope people understand that we’re not targeting them, it’s just a policy that some airlines have to dodge unwanted mid-air arguments.
And for Delta, they warn: “Delta may refuse to transport or may remove passengers from its aircraft in situations when the passenger is barefoot [or] when the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
United Airlines says: “UA shall have the right to refuse transport on a permanent or temporary basis or shall have the right to remove from the aircraft at any point, any passengers who are barefoot, not properly clothed, or whose clothing is lewd, obscene or offensive.”