Ryanair to implement 'wee fee'
17.01.10
Ryanair will implement plans to charge passengers to use its aircraft toilets, the Irish Times reports. Despite admitting an announcement last year that it would install coin-operated toilets was a publicity stunt, chief executive Michael O’Leary is now revisiting the idea, according to the airline.
The budget airline would like to remove the two toilets at the back of each aircraft, leaving only one on board and creating room for six extra seats. The fee would mean there there is less demand for the limited facilities on board, but things could get difficult if the only toilet broke, which might mean aviation authorities would not accept this part of the plan.
In its in-flight magazine Ryanair described the coin-operated toilets (having previously said that they would need to be credit card operated) as a 'cost saving proposal' that could help reduce fares by at least 5 percent.
Spokesman Stephen McNamara told the newspaper that the €1/£1 charge would apply only to flights of an hour or less, which would include almost all Ryanair routes between Ireland and Britain and some domestic flights. But this would mean that it would need to operate different planes for these shorter routes, and so have a two tier fleet, which would increase its operating costs.
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