Overview
- Boarding will require an electronic pass created or presented in the myRyanair app, with a main booker able to show passes for a group.
- CEO Michael O’Leary says well over 80% of passengers already use digital passes and promises free airport assistance for checked‑in travelers who run into issues such as dead batteries.
- Passengers who arrive without a digital pass can still get a printed one by paying airport check‑in fees of €30 in Spain, €40 in Austria, or €55/£55 in other EU countries and the UK, while the prior €20 reprint fee is being removed.
- Ryanair says the paperless policy could avoid more than 300 tonnes of waste per year and positions the airline to be the first to operate without paper boarding passes.
- The rollout was shifted to November to ease the transition, as German and Belgian consumer groups criticize the plan as potentially discriminatory and competitors still allow paper options.