Ryanair announced that from Tues 10 Nov check-in and bag drop services at all its airports will close 60 mins prior to scheduled departure (up from 40 mins currently) to provide more time for passengers to get through airport security and passport queues which will reduce the very small number of passengers who currently miss their flight departure as they are getting stuck in these airport queues.

This comes as Ryanair installs more self-service bag-drop kiosks across its network, with over 95% of airports having these kiosks by October. These self-service kiosks are fully integrated with the Ryanair app, giving passengers the ability to check in bags and print bag tags, which speeds up bag-drop and cuts waiting times.

This latest improvement will give these 20% of Ryanair guests who wish to check-in a bag, slightly more time to get through airport security and passport queues and arrive at their departure gate before boarding starts. The remaining 80% of passengers who don’t check-in bags are unaffected and will continue to check-in online (before they arrive at the airport) and go straight to their departure gate when they arrive.