Ryanair: Difference between revisions

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|Website=https://www.ryanair.com

|Description=Ryanair is an Irish ultra-low-cost airline.

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}}Ryanair is an Irish ultra-low-cost airline operating in over 40 countries.

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==Consumer-impact summary==

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==Incidents==

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Forced App-Downloads (November ''2025'')===

Starting November 12th, 2025, Ryanair requires passengers to install their app on their samart phones to use as a digital boarding pass.

Alternative, less invasive and more privacy friendly workflows, such as PDF files or the usual passes for Apple and Google Wallet as well as the countless compatible open-source alternatives from the F-Droid store are not supported.

Passengers have the option to manually request a currently free paper boarding pass at the airport after checking in online before. Simply printing their own or using a digital boarding pass without the Ryanair app is, however, not possible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-11 |title=Ryanair tries forcing app downloads by eliminating paper boarding passes |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/ryanair-tries-forcing-app-downloads-by-eliminating-paper-boarding-passes/?comments-page=1#comments |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>

Having an app installed on users' phones gives the company free advertising every time they see the icon on their homescreen, allows it to harvest significantly more data and enables it to send users advertising in the form of notifications.

~~This is~~ a ~~list~~ of ~~all consumer~~-~~protection incidents this company is involved in~~. ~~Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in~~ the ~~[[:Category~~:{{~~FULLPAGENAME}}~~|~~{{PAGENAME~~}} ~~category]~~].

At the time of writing, the iOS version of the app has a size of about 304 MB<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-03 |title=Ryanair App – App Store |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryanair/id504270602 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Apple App Store}}</ref> and the Android version about '''TODO'''.

===~~Example incident one (''date'')~~===

~~{{Main|link~~ to the main ~~CR Wiki article}}~~

According to the Exodus privacy project, the Android version of the app sends data to the following 9 tracking and advertising services and also requests access to the device's advertising ID:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-09 |title=Report for com.ryanair.cheapflights 3.217.1 - εxodus |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Exodus Privacy Project}}</ref>

~~Short summary~~ of the ~~incident (could be~~ the ~~same as the summary preceding the article)~~.

===~~Example incident two (''~~date~~'')~~===

* Adobe Experience Cloud

...

* Facebook Analytics

* Facebook Share

* Google CrashLytics

* Google Firebase Analytics

* Google Tag Manager

* Inmobi

* Swrve

Users who use the app have to use something like the F-Droid version of [https://f-droid.org/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/ Tracker Control] if they wish to prevent the app from contacting and sending personal data to these companies.

==== Greenwashing ====

The press release quotes the CEO that the measure would lead to "faster, smarter, and greener” travel. Saving resources in a mostly irrelevant area that barely contriubtes to the environmental impact is a common strategy used by companies with a high resource footprint (such as Apple moving to more environementally friendly packaging while the main product is still a repair-unfriendly disposable electronic item made with rare earth minerals). The vast majority of the emissions of an airline are generated by fuel combustion and energy consumption by the airports.

=== Cheap prices with excessive surcharges ===

TODO – see Wikipedia section on surcharges

=== Misleading advertising regarding emissions ===

TODO – see this BBC article<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotten |first=Russell |date=2020-02-05 |title=Ryanair rapped over low emissions claims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51372780 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=BBC}}</ref>

==~~Products~~==

=== Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts ===

~~{{Ph-C-P}}~~

TODO – find some good and reputable sources

==See also==

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 |Website=https://www.ryanair.com
 |Description=Ryanair is an Irish ultra-low-cost airline.
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+}}Ryanair is an Irish ultra-low-cost airline operating in over 40 countries.
-{{Ph-C-Int}}
 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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 ==Incidents==
-{{Ph-C-Inc}}
+This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
+===Forced App-Downloads (November ''2025'')===
+Starting November 12th, 2025, Ryanair requires passengers to install their app on their samart phones to use as a digital boarding pass.
+Alternative, less invasive and more privacy friendly workflows, such as PDF files or the usual passes for Apple and Google Wallet as well as the countless compatible open-source alternatives from the F-Droid store are not supported.
+Passengers have the option to manually request a currently free paper boarding pass at the airport after checking in online before. Simply printing their own or using a digital boarding pass without the Ryanair app is, however, not possible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-11 |title=Ryanair tries forcing app downloads by eliminating paper boarding passes |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/ryanair-tries-forcing-app-downloads-by-eliminating-paper-boarding-passes/?comments-page=1#comments |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>
+Having an app installed on users' phones gives the company free advertising every time they see the icon on their homescreen, allows it to harvest significantly more data and enables it to send users advertising in the form of notifications.
-This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
+At the time of writing, the iOS version of the app has a size of about 304 MB<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-03 |title=Ryanair App – App Store |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryanair/id504270602 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Apple App Store}}</ref> and the Android version about '''TODO'''.
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
-{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
+According to the Exodus privacy project, the Android version of the app sends data to the following 9 tracking and advertising services and also requests access to the device's advertising ID:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-09 |title=Report for com.ryanair.cheapflights 3.217.1 - εxodus |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Exodus Privacy Project}}</ref>
-Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
+* Adobe Experience Cloud
-...
+* Facebook Analytics
+* Facebook Share
+* Google CrashLytics
+* Google Firebase Analytics
+* Google Tag Manager
+* Inmobi
+* Swrve
+Users who use the app have to use something like the F-Droid version of [https://f-droid.org/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/ Tracker Control] if they wish to prevent the app from contacting and sending personal data to these companies.
+==== Greenwashing ====
+The press release quotes the CEO that the measure would lead to "faster, smarter, and greener” travel. Saving resources in a mostly irrelevant area that barely contriubtes to the environmental impact is a common strategy used by companies with a high resource footprint (such as Apple moving to more environementally friendly packaging while the main product is still a repair-unfriendly disposable electronic item made with rare earth minerals). The vast majority of the emissions of an airline are generated by fuel combustion and energy consumption by the airports.
+=== Cheap prices with excessive surcharges ===
+TODO – see Wikipedia section on surcharges
+=== Misleading advertising regarding emissions ===
+TODO – see this BBC article<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotten |first=Russell |date=2020-02-05 |title=Ryanair rapped over low emissions claims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51372780 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=BBC}}</ref>
-==Products==
+=== Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts ===
-{{Ph-C-P}}
+TODO – find some good and reputable sources
 ==See also==