Ryanair boss suggests £1 fee to use the loo
27.02.09
Michael O'Leary, Ryanair's chief executive said today that the budget airline might start charging passengers £1 for using the toilet while flying. However, his spokesman cautioned that he often just made things up at will, and is well known for publicity stunts.
Mr O'Leary told the BBC: ‘One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny in future.'
He said this would not inconvenience passengers travelling without cash. ‘I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound.’
A spokesman said the airline had considered the fee as a possible source of extra revenue since passengers had the option of not using the toilet on board, but added that ‘maybe O'Leary was just taking the p*ss this morning’.
‘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,’ Stephen McNamara said in a statement.
In practice the toilet door on a jet is often kept open as one passenger follows another, so it would be unlikely to raise much revenue. In the past Mr O'Leary has suggested removing toilets completely in order to make room for more seats.
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