Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/27/ryanair_toilet_plan/
Ryanair may charge cattle to use the bog
'Raising discretionary revenue' or taking the piss?
Posted in Bootnotes, 27th February 2009 12:25 GMT
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Budget aerial cattle transporter Ryanair may ask the self-loading cargo to pay for a visit to the loo, chief exec Michael O'Leary suggested today.
He 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."
O'Leary insisted this would "not inconvenience passengers travelling without cash", as Reuters puts it, and offered: "I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound."
He concluded: "We're all about finding ways of raising discretionary revenue so we can keep lowering the cost of air travel."
Ryanair last week announced it was "to shut all check-in desks at airports and have passengers check in online instead", Reuters notes. It also confirmed it would not in future waste valuable resources mixing it up (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/idiot_blogger/) with "idiot bloggers" who have the temerity to suggest the airline's website is not quite up to scratch. ®