Holidaymakers travelling to Spain will be able to reserve seating on all Ryanair flights as of January 10th.
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced that it will extend its popular reserved seating service to all its routes, after successfully trialling it on over 100 routes since May. The pre-booked service, which will be bookable on all routes from 10th Jan 2012, costs just €10 (each way) and includes priority boarding. The optional service allows passengers to pre-reserve seats in the front two rows, for a quick getaway on arrival, or in over wing rows (16&17), which provide greater legroom, and has proven to be very popular with Ryanair passengers during its summer 2011 trial.
Ryanair began a reserved seating trial this April, allowing customers to book spots in the first two rows or exit rows on flights from Dublin and Gatwick airports to Malaga in Spain, and extended the offering to select other routes over the year.
The decision to roll out reserved seating – which “has proved to be very popular with Ryanair customers,” according to the company – to all of its 1,400-plus daily flights follows news that Luton-based rival EasyJet would begin trialling designated seating on some flights next spring.
Ryanair will continue to offer its Priority Boarding service for just €5, with priority and reserved seating passengers allowed to board the aircraft first. Those travelling with passengers under 16 years of age can reserve seats in row 2 only due to safety restrictions.
“Ryanair is pleased to extend our popular reserved seat service on all our routes from 10thJanuary 2012 when, for just €10, passengers on all routes will be able to pre-reserve their favourite seats in the front two rows, to ensure a prompt exit on arrival, or in over wing exits, for extra legroom.”
