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Ryanair to hike non-printed boarding card fee to €100
08 November 2009 By David Clerkin, Markets Correspondent
Ryanair plans to increase the charge for passengers who do not print their own boarding cards to €100, in its latest effort to reduce its costs.
Chief executive Michael O’Leary said that the increased charge would aim to eliminate instances of passengers turning up at airport check-in desks without their boarding cards. The airline currently charges passengers who do not print their own boarding cards €40 – or stg£40 (€44) if they are travelling from British airports.
Speaking last week after the airline reported pre-tax profits of €419 million for the six months to September, O’Leary said that only ‘‘a tiny number of passengers’’ continued to pay the €40 fee, and that most were printing out their boarding cards at home when checking in online, before travelling to the airport.
‘‘You really must now check in before you get to the airport. If you don’t, the fine is €40; and if that doesn’t get rid of them all within a very short order, we double that fine to €100," O’Leary said. ‘‘We don’t want people showing up without the pre-printed boarding card."
Ryanair recently implemented a policy of requiring all passengers to check in online. The airline continues to retain a small presence in airport check-in areas to allow passengers to check in their baggage – for a fee of €15 for the first bag and €35 for a second. Passengers without any bags to check in go straight to their departure gate without any contact with Ryanair staff.
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