Europe’s largest budget airline, Ryanair, could soon start charging customers £1 a time to use the toilets on board its flights.
According to the company’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, the low-cost airline are looking at plans to introduce pay-as-you-go toilets as a means of cutting costs and generating extra revenue.
Speaking to the BBC he said: "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.
However, while many will see this as a step too far, he reasoned: "I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound.
"We're all about finding ways of raising discretionary revenue so we can keep lowering the cost of air travel".
The Dublin-based airline have become famed for putting cost-cutting before customer convenience.
Last week they controversially announced plans to do away with airport check-in desks – a facility they currently charge extra for - in favour of a compulsory online check-in service. They also charge a supplementary fee for any bag checked into the hold.
Head of research at Which? Holiday, Rochelle Turner, rebuked the move, commenting:
"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.”
