Ryanair proposing pay toilets on flights; coin-op oxygen masks and flotation devices next.

Written on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm by admin
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airline toilet RyanairIrish airline Ryanair has announced its proposal to begin charging passengers to use in-flight toilets. Michael O’Leary, president of the cut-rate airline, believes this move will help keep the cost of tickets down, while generating a little extra revenue. Passengers would be required to drop a British pound coin into a slot in the door to gain entrance to the loo. Coin-operated machines will also dispense toilet paper and hand soap.

When asked if Ryanair had plans to monetize other services onboard their flights, O’Leary nonchalantly replied that anything inside an airplane is fair game.

“We’re installing coin-operated devices on the emergency flotation pads and drop-down oxygen masks too,” said O’Leary. “Everybody who flies carries a pocketful of change, right? If they didn’t before they will now. What’s a few quid if you don’t want to piss your trousers…or suffocate, or drown?”

Ryanair hopes the move will generate over a million pounds ($2 million) extra revenue from its cattle-class passengers. The airline expects a surge in toilet revenues on its “happy hour” flights that feature 2-for-1 glasses of warm, watered-down ale.

No word yet if competing airlines will follow suit.

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