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 Its makes me smile when the rumours start going round and low and behold we are reading that something that was in the news has become a reality. The fact is it hasn’t but like chinese whispers round it goes.

First we read I believe the most accurate regarding Ryanair charging for using the toilet :-BBC NEWS reported that:-Irish budget airline Ryanair has said it is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying.

Chief executive Michael O’Leary told the BBC that the Dublin-based carrier was looking at maybe installing a “coin slot on the toilet door”. Consumer group Which? said the airline was putting “profit before passengers”.

Ryanair’s PR chief Steven McNamara later played down the idea, saying: “I don’t think it’s going to happen in the foreseeable future”. “Will it happen long-term, I’m not really sure,” he said. “It’s one of those things that when Michael starts looking at something, you know, it’s always up for discussion.”

Last week Ryanair confirmed it planned to close all of its airport check-in desks by the end of the year in a bid to reduce the cost of its flights.

Daily Mail reported:-Ryanair has confirmed that it is pushing ahead with its controversial scheme to charge passengers for use of toilets on its aircraft, meaning spending a penny on a flight will soon cost as much as a pound.
The no-frills airline is working with Boeing to redesign the cabin and develop coin-operated toilets on 168 of its planes.
Not content with charging passengers for use of the facilities, the airline is also looking at reducing the number of toilets on board, leaving just one available cubicle for up to 189 passengers.The airline already charges for food and drink on board as well as leveraging a charge for credit card payments, hold luggage, online and airport check-in and high fees for luggage weighing more than 15kg. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary first suggested the toilet charges last year but the budget carrier appeared to backtrack on the idea.

However, the airline has confirmed its plans in its latest in-flight magazine, although Mr McNamara said the charges would not be coming in this summer

 Daily telegraph:- Mr O’Leary said that the low-cost airline was looking at the possibility of installing a coin slot on the lavatory door so that “people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny.”

Ironically, in a light-hearted survey conducted by Telegraph Travel last November, we asked readers which service they thought no-frills airlines might start charging for in the future.

 
Ryanair to sell cruise holidays 56 per cent of readers said that a charge for “using the loo” would be the most likely, while 31 per cent chose “reclining seats” and 11 per cent opted for “sick bags”.

Rochelle Turner, head of research at Which? Holiday, condemned the proposal. “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,” she said. “Charging people to go to the toilet might result in fewer people buying overpriced drinks on board, though – that would serve Ryanair right.”

Who really knows what will happen and when the passenger who is desperate to pee and will not pay -that empty water bottle may come in handy!