Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has dropped controversial language tests for South African passengers after criticism.
"We ended the Afrikaans test because it doesn't make sense," the BBC quoted company boss Michael O'Leary as saying.
At the request of dpa, Ryanair confirmed the end of the practice on Wednesday.
Reports about the test had caused international criticism.
It was intended for South African passengers before flights to Great Britain.
The test with knowledge questions in Afrikaans was introduced after they became aware of an increased number of fake South African passports, Ryanair justified the procedure at the time.
The test should therefore help to identify passengers with forged passports.
"Our team ran an Afrikaans test with 12 simple questions," O'Leary said, according to the BBC.
“You have no difficulty in answering these.
But we didn't think it was appropriate either.”
Afrikaans - related to Dutch - is one of several official languages in South Africa and is predominantly spoken by a white minority of the population.
Those affected have complained that the practice is discriminatory and reminiscent of the oppressive system of the apartheid era.
Ryanair itself does not offer flights from South Africa to the UK.
Last week, the BBC quoted a South African passenger who wanted to fly from the Canary Islands to Great Britain and was annoyed by the test.
"It's the language of apartheid," Dinesh Joseph told the station.
According to information from the BBC, the test asked, among other things, what the international area code of South Africa, the name of the capital or that of the president was.
Those who did not pass the test should have their flight costs reimbursed.