Ryanair brings forward plan to scrap check-in desks
Low-fare airline Ryanair today brought forward its already-announced plan to scrap airport check-in desks from the end of the year to October 1.
The budget Irish airline also said that from May 1 all new bookings would have to be made on the internet and from May 1 the fee for airport check-ins would double to £20 (€21.70).
The no-frills carrier also announced that from October 1 children under the age of 16 would no longer be able to travel unaccompanied and that passports and national ID cards would be the only accepted forms of photo ID on Ryanair flights.
The airline first announced last month that it was scrapping check-in desks, citing the fact that 75% of its passengers already used its web check-in service.
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said: “This pioneering move will again lower the cost of flying for millions of Ryanair customers.
“We are confident that all passengers will embrace this improved service which will allow them to forever avoid check-in queues while at the same time it will enable Ryanair to lower our airport and handling costs and pass on these savings to all passengers in the form of even lower air fares next winter.”
