News: Ryanair to introduce check in charge
Flights > News > # 1451 (29/08/2007)
Ryanair is to start charging passengers to check in at the airport next month.
Customers will be charged £4 per return flight to check in at airport desks from September 20.
Passengers looking to fly with just hand luggage will be able to check in at Ryanair's website for no extra cost. Ryanair claimed the charge had been introduced to limit queues and lighten plane loads.
A spokesman for the airline said: "The idea is not to make more money from this. We want passengers to use our web check-in facility in far greater numbers and check-in fewer bags. The fees are entirely avoidable.
"Ryanair's web check in and priority boarding service has proven very popular among passengers by freeing them from check-in queues and departure gate queues.”
Many airlines charge for carrying hold baggage, but this is the first time anywhere in the world that passengers will have to pay a fee just to check in.
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