Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary defends switch to digital boarding passes

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary (Brian Lawless/PA)

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025 - 14:28

Cillian Sherlock, PA

It is “patronising” to suggest older people will not migrate to digital boarding passes, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said.

The airline said it will move to 100% digital boarding passes from Wednesday November 12, in a move that will mean passengers will no longer be able to download and print a physical paper boarding pass but will instead need to use the digital boarding pass generated in the Ryanair app.