Low Cost Airline Ryanair Moves to Web Check-In Only on all new bookings

• Online check-in and ‘bag-drop’ only from 20th May 2009

• Rayanair will remove all check-in desks from its 146 Airports.

• The airline will remove its currently £10/€10 airport check-in fee and introduce a £5/€5 online check-in fee per person

• Fines for passengers who do not arrive at the airport with their pre-printed web check-in boarding card of  €40/£40 ‘boarding card re-issue fee’

PASSENGERS WITH INFANTS CAN NOW CHECK-IN ONLINE

Europe’s largest low fares airline Ryanair, confirmed on 13 May 09 that from Wednesday next 20th May all new passenger bookings, including those travelling with infants and checked in bags, will move to online check-in and ‘bag-drop’ only as Ryanair phases out the use airport of check-in desks from its 146 airports by 1st October next.

From Wednesday Ryanair will no longer accept bookings for unaccompanied minors (under 16 years old) while all new bookings will require passengers (including infants and domestic flight passengers) to hold a valid passport or valid national identity card.

Accordingly, Ryanair will remove its £10/€10 airport check-in fee and introduce a £5/€5 online check-in fee per person, per flight, on new bookings, other than promotional fares (fares of “Free”, “€1” and “€5” will include web check-in on a free of charge basis), while a €40/£40 ‘boarding card re-issue fee’ will be introduced to encourage all passengers to arrive at the airport with their pre-printed web check-in boarding card.

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said: “Passengers travelling without checked in bags have already embraced our online check-in service and the extension of this service to all passengers, including those with hold luggage and those travelling with infants will allow all passengers to forever avoid check-in queues. This will also allow Ryanair to lower our airport and handling costs and pass these savings to all passengers in the form of even lower air fares next winter.

“Ryanair’s web check-in service allows passenger to check-in from 15 days to 4 hours before, and print, or re-print, their boarding card up to 40 minutes prior to their scheduled departure time. Web check-in can be accessed via ryanair.com using booking confirmation numbers or flight details”.

Source: ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php