Recently, airline Ryanair announced that they’ll be making changes to their boarding passes from 12 November, 2026.
From that date, they explained, they’ll be getting rid of paper passes completely to “reduce costs, improve service, streamline rebooking, and save 300 tonnes of paper annually”.
Here’s how that’ll work, as well as the latest boarding pass rules from various airlines:
Ryanair
From 12 November 2026, they’ll only offer digital boarding passes.
Before arriving at the airport, check in on Ryanair’s site or app. You can do this from 60 days to two hours before your flight departs.
“After check-in your DBP [digital boarding pass] will appear automatically in your Ryanair App,” the airline’s site reads.
You will need to present this at security and at the boarding gate. You’ll get reminders to check in online both at 48 and 24 hours before depar...
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