Ryanair's racy calendar advert featuring stewardesses in bikinis is 'banned' by Spanish judge for being sexist



Adverts for a Ryanair charity calendar featuring stewardesses posing in bikinis have reportedly been banned by a Spanish judge for being sexist.

Amanda Cohen ruled that the low-cost airline's adverts for its annual Girls of Ryanair campaign depicted the stewardesses in 'a sexually suggestive manner' following a formal complaint from a consumer group, according to Spanish reports.

The calendar, which has been released every year since 2008, shows female cabin crew stripped down to their beachwear.

The company has raised more than £587,000 for charity through sales with next year's proceeds to go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Judge Cohen, sitting at the Commercial Court in Malaga, ruled the cabin crew are shown in 'a sexually suggestive manner' and that 'the female body is being used as a mere object and as part of the appeal of the advert.'

She described the advert as 'illegal, discriminatory and unfair.'

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