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| Ryanair mulls charge for toilets | Ryanair mulls charge for toilets |
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| Irish budget airline Ryanair has said it is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying. | Irish budget airline Ryanair has said it is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying. |
| Chief executive Michael O'Leary told the BBC that the Dublin-based carrier was looking at maybe installing a "coin slot on the toilet door". | Chief executive Michael O'Leary told the BBC that the Dublin-based carrier was looking at maybe installing a "coin slot on the toilet door". |
| Consumer group Which? said the airline was putting "profit before passengers". | Consumer group Which? said the airline was putting "profit before passengers". |
| Last week Ryanair confirmed it plans to close all of its airport check-in desks by the end of the year in a bid to reduce the cost of its flights. | |
| 'Fast buck' | 'Fast buck' |
| Ryanair aims to offer low basic ticket prices, and then charge extra for items such as checking in at the airport or for additional luggage. | Ryanair aims to offer low basic ticket prices, and then charge extra for items such as checking in at the airport or for additional luggage. |
| "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," he told BBC television. | |
| He added: "I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound." | He added: "I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound." |
| But Rochelle Turner, Head of Research at Which? Holiday, said: "It seems Ryanair is prepared to plumb any depth to make a fast buck and, once again, is putting profit before the comfort of its customers. | But Rochelle Turner, Head of Research at Which? Holiday, said: "It seems Ryanair is prepared to plumb any depth to make a fast buck and, once again, is putting profit before the comfort of its customers. |
| "Charging people to go to the toilet might result in fewer people buying overpriced drinks on board, though - that would serve Ryanair right." | "Charging people to go to the toilet might result in fewer people buying overpriced drinks on board, though - that would serve Ryanair right." |