News Release
22.04.09
ONE IN THREE RYANAIR PASSENGERS VOTE FOR ‘FAT TAX’
Ryanair to Consider How to Charge for Very Large Passengers
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (22 Apr) announced that it will now consider how to charge a ‘fat tax’ after more than 30,000 passengers voted in favour of charging excess weight fees for very large passengers in an online vote over the past two weeks.
Over 100,000 passengers voted, via http://www.ryanair.com, to decide which cost reduction idea should win a €1,000 cash prize. Ryanair confirmed the final poll results as follows:
29% – Excess fees for very overweight passengers,
25% – €1 for toilet paper – with O’Leary’s face on it,
24% – €3 to smoke in a converted toilet cubicle,
14% – Annual subscription to access Ryanair.com,
8% – €2 “corkageâ€