Ryanair Considers Charging Passengers To Use the Bathroom
On Feb. 27, O’Leary told the BBC that Ryanair was considering charging passengers to use the toilet in flight. O’Leary says the airline has looked at the idea before and is investigating it once again.
Ryanair’s head of media relations Stephen McNamara writes:
“Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and while this has been discussed internally there are no immediate plans to introduce it. However, this highlights Ryanair’s continuing obsession with lowering costs and passing these savings on in the form of lower fares, which currently average just €34. Ancillary revenues, all of which are avoidable, help to reduce the cost of flying Ryanair and passengers using train and bus stations are already accustomed to paying to use the toilet so why not on airplanes? Not everyone uses the toilet on board one of our flights but those that do could help to reduce airfares for all passengers.”