One of the pioneers of low-cost air travel. The Irish airline operates more than 800 routes to destinations in 26 countries. It has a number of hubs, in the UK and Ireland these are at Dublin, Shannon, Glasgow Prestwick, Luton, Stansted, East Midlands Airport, Cork and Liverpool. The airline flies to destinations across Europe, including major cities such as Rome, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Budapest and Frankfurt; popular holiday destinations such as Alicante, Palermo, Zadar and La Rochelle and to further afield destinations in Eastern Europe such as Balaton or Szczecin.
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A mandatory online check-in fee of £5 each way applies to all Ryanair bookings. The service becomes available 15 days prior to each flight, and can be used up to 4 hours before departure.
Ryanair no longer operates airport check-in desks, though 'baggage drop facilities' remain in use and customers who have failed to print their own electronic boarding passes are permitted to check in at these counters. The fee is £40 each way.
Hand luggage: one piece is allowed per passenger, weighing up to 10kg and not measuring more than 55cm x 40cm x 20cm. Handbags, briefcases, laptops and shop purchases all count towards your single-item baggage allowance.
Checked: there is no free allowance, with the first checked bag costing £15 online (£30 at the airport) and the second £35 (£70 at the airport). Both items of luggage are restricted to a maximum weight of 15kg each, and a further excess fee of £20 per kilo applies if either bag exceeds this limit. Pooling or sharing of individual baggage allowances is not permitted. Sports equipment is charged separately, costing £40 online (£50 at the airport).
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