Ryanair to reduce fares by 9%
Ryanair are to reduce all their fares by 9% or €3.50 from March 16, 2006.
They will also introduce a range of other changes from March 16.
The low-fares airline have also said that all passengers travelling with hand luggage and in possession of an EU passport will be able to check-in on the web at www.ryanair.com and by-pass all check-in and airport queues.
These passengers will also be given priority boarding, eliminating boarding gate queues.
Also, Ryanair is increasing each passenger’s luggage allowance from 25kg to 30kg.
For all passengers travelling with checked in luggage, a fee of €3.50 per bag, per flight if booked in advance on the website, or €7.00 per bag, per flight will be paid if presented unbooked at the airport.
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s Chief Executive said: "Ryanair will become the first low-fares airline in Europe to make web check-in available for all our customers.
"These changes will also be welcomed by the overwhelming majority of our remaining passengers who will still be checking in one bag, as these passengers will enjoy lower air fares, but also shorter and faster moving queues at airport check-in.
"These changes will enable Ryanair to reduce our airport and handling costs across the network.
"We will require fewer and less expensive airport facilities such as airport check-in and baggage hall facilities. We will carry fewer bags making our aircraft lighter and improving our fuel consumption.
"Our existing check-in and baggage handling personnel will now be able to accommodate significantly greater traffic numbers as we aim to double the size of the airline over the coming five years."
