Airlines usually have their own regulations that establish from what week it is not recommended that pregnant women fly or not They will allow you to do so if you do not have a medical report from the gynecologist, which specifies a week of pregnancy and that there are no impediments to flying.
What is not so common is that companies operating in Spain demand this document in English, as does the controversial airline company of low cost Ryanair and has denounced these days Facua. This is what appears in this regard in its "Terms and Conditions":
Once your pregnancy has entered week 28, We ask that you bring a report (in English) from your doctor or midwife confirming that your pregnancy has no complications, the probable date of delivery and that you are in good condition and in good condition to fly.
It is clear that Ryanair is an Irish company, and that most of its staff speaks English, but the consumer organization Facua warns passengers affected by these practices that they have the right to claim Ryanair the same economic compensation set by European regulations for cancellations or large delays.
The organization has warned that Ryanair is "illegally" leaving pregnant passengers on the ground who do not present a letter in English from their oncologist stating that the pregnancy does not present complications.
Facua will denounce this fact in the next few days before the competent authorities when considering that this practice is an “abusive clause” for demanding that the document be presented in an unofficial language of the Spanish State, forcing users to pay an additional cost for the translation into English of the report of the oncologist.
To the compensations required, according to Facua, they must add the additional expenses that the company will cause them by not allowing them to fly, such as food or hotel accommodation during the wait until a next flight, as well as the amount of the new tickets that they had to Buy from another company to reach your destination.
Ryanair is of course used to receiving complaints about practices that do not conform to European law and regulations, as we often see in the Traveler's Journal.
So we will be attentive to see what the competent authorities or justice say, because in principle it does not seem that require pregnant women to have a medical report in English Being in Spain is not very normal. Or is it that Iberia would ask in Ireland to deliver that document in Spanish?
