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RYANAIR: Ryanair Announces Changes To Its Optional Priority Boarding
Service
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:19052008
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today announced changes to
its optional priority boarding service which allows passengers to be
first to board their flights. Airport check-in passengers currently
pay GBP4 / EUR5 for this service, while web check-in passengers receive
this service free of charge in order to promote online check-in.
From 3rd June, Ryanair's new web check-in/ priority boarding policy
will be as follows:
- Web check-in will continue to be free of charge.
- Web check-in passengers will no longer receive priority boarding free
of charge.
- Web check-in passengers will pay the same GBP4/ EUR5 fee payable by
airport check-in passengers for priority boarding.
- All passengers can pay for priority boarding either at the time of
booking or at the airport.
From 3rd June, Ryanair will also introduce an online name change
facility which will allow passengers to make name changes up to 24
hours before travel. This service was previously only available through
the Ryanair call centre.
Speaking today, Ryanair's Lorna Farren said:
"These new charges will make the sale of priority boarding fairer for
all passengers. Because of the success of our web check-in facility
(which allows passengers to avoid airport queues) many flights are now
selling out all of our allocation of 80 (40%) of priority boarding
seats. By charging the same fee for priority boarding for both web
check-in and airport check-in passengers, we hope to ensure that
priority boarding seats will always be available for sale at airports
for family members and groups who wish to purchase it. These changes
will become available for all bookings made on/ after 3rd June 2008."
CONTACT: Lorna Farren, Ryanair
Tel: +353 1 812 1271
Pauline McAlester, Murray Consultants
Tel: +353 1 4980 300
Gulzehra Doherty, Murray Consultants Ltd
Tel: +353 1 498 0300
Tel: +353 1 498 0359
Fax: +353 1 498 0344
e-mail: gdoherty@murrayconsult.ie
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