Ryanair to ditch printed boarding passes from Nov 12, 2025

Ryanair will stop issuing printed boarding passes from November 12, 2025, requiring passengers to use the airline's myRyanair app to board flights, the carrier announced as part of a wider push to digitalise operations. The change will apply to flights from major markets including the United Kingdom, Spain and Morocco and is timed to coincide with a quieter winter schedule, the airline said.

Under the new process, travellers will be expected to check in and present a digital boarding pass on a mobile device. Ryanair said gate agents will be able to print a boarding pass for passengers who have checked in but arrive without a working phone, and airport desks will remain open for check in. Passengers who fail to check in online before arriving at the airport will face an airport check-in fee. The airline noted that some destinations with entry formalities still requiring a paper pass, such as Morocco, will allow travellers to display a digital pass and obtain a printed version at the airport.

Ryanair said roughly 80 to 90 percent of its passengers already use digital boarding passes through the app, and the carrier estimates the move to a fully paperless system will save more than...