Ryanair imposes new booking charges

Ryanair passengers are to face extra charges.

The no-frills carrier is bringing in a 2% credit card processing fee on all new credit card bookings made from tomorrow.

The budget airline said it was making the announcement in order to comply with a recent Office of Fair Trading ruling in the UK.

Ryanair also announced that from tomorrow its passengers would have to pay a £6 (€7.40) administration fee to cover the airline’s website costs.

The only exceptions will be bookings made using Ryanair’s “cash passport” scheme in Ireland, Germany and Spain, where administration fees can be avoided until February 1, February 15 and March 21, 2013, respectively.

Ryanair said it was continuing to “deliver the lowest fares and a no-fuel surcharges guarantee to all our passengers” and that passengers could avoid credit card fees by paying with a debit card.