Ryanair passengers face earlier airport check-in deadline from November 10

Ryanair passengers carrying hold luggage will need to arrive earlier at the airport after the airline shifted the cut-off limit for passenger check-in back by twenty minutes.  

From November 10^th, check-in desks will close 60 minutes earlier than the scheduled departure time, rather than the 40 minutes that applied previously.

The airline claims that this will allow passengers more time to clear security and passport controls, reducing flights missed due to late arrival at the departure gate. 

Ryanair claims that the revised check-in deadline will only affect one in five passengers – the 20% of passengers who check in hold luggage.

The Irish airline has left passengers stranded at Lanzarote Airport twice this year following technical failures in the EES system, and two further incidents in which passengers were left behind were reported in 2024. Ryanair is the only airline reported to have taken such decisions.