You are no longer allowed to travel without an app and a smartphone

Who in Ryanair If you forgo online check-in, you'll have to pay extra now. 55 euros dueif you use the check-in desk operating at the airport.

Now the Ryanair boss wants it Michael O'Leary Introducing a more radical change. Who doesn't? Smartphone application Used, no longer allowed to fly. This came during a press conference, according to what was reported by Reuters. Dublin Live.

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From May only with the app

“We want to get rid of airport check-in just like we got rid of baggage delivery. Starting May 1, everything will work in the app. Nothing will be done on paper anymore,” O’Leary said.

When the time comes, you will do it You no longer need employeesWho are now sitting at the airport check-in. They are canceled in order to use the savings to keep flight prices low.

This means that all Ryanair passengers will have to use the app in the future. According to O'Leary currently used 60 percent Application, by the end of the year it should be 80 percent. From May onwards, they will have no other choice but to use the app.

Potential loophole for passengers who do not have smartphones

If someone is at the airport Battery runs outyou can still board – as long as you check in via the app beforehand. “With your passport, you can board the plane at the boarding gate even without a smartphone, it already works that way.”

Although O'Leary was very clear about the fact that you have to use the app and that nothing is done on paper anymore, it may be possible Alternative solution Gives. Unless Ryanair does Web interface If you switch to online check-in, you can check-in on your computer and print the email with the QR code yourself. It doesn't really matter whether the cell phone screen was scanned at the boarding gate or at the paper slip.

If Ryanair completely abandons the classic check-in processes, other airlines are sure to follow suit. These will primarily be low-cost airlines. However, it can be assumed that regular airlines will also reduce their check-in counters and may only operate a service desk for rebooking or issues in the departure hall.

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Limit alcoholic beverages at the airport

Recently, O'Leary caused a stir with another suggestion. Because problems with drunk passengers on planes are increasing sharply, he called for “2 drink limit“At the airport. To achieve this, he proposed: Boarding pass stamp.

Of course, this doesn't work with an application-only strategy. Unless all bars and restaurants in airports have one Networked systemYou have to scan your boarding pass in the app to order alcoholic beverages. From today's point of view, the implementation of such a system seems as unrealistic as a general ban on alcohol at the airport.