Airlines resist check-in desk fees

THE airline industry is up in arms over plans by the aviation regulator to approve the imposition of fees for the use of check-in desks at the country’s three main airports.

Submissions to the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) by Ryanair, Aer Lingus and CityJet show that they are opposed to the fees being sanctioned.

Aer Rianta has been imposing these fees for about three years, though they will not be any higher than what is currently being charged. However, the airlines do not want them to be officially approved at the present prices.