Ryanair, the World's favourite airline, today (23rd Sept 09) reminded passengers to bring their passport when travelling on all Ryanair flights as from Thursday next (1st Oct 09) Ryanair will no longer accept a driver's licence as a valid form of identification.

DRIVER'S LICENCE NOT ACCEPTED FROM 1St OCT

Ryanair, the World's favourite airline, today (23rd Sept 09) reminded passengers to bring their passport when travelling on all Ryanair flights as from Thursday next (1st Oct 09) Ryanair will no longer accept a driver's licence as a valid form of identification.

From Thursday 1st October Ryanair passengers must be in possession of a valid passport or a government issued National Identity card which has been issued solely for the purpose of identification (i.e. driver's licence, electoral register cards etc are not included).

Passengers, who arrive at an airport without a valid form of identification, as advised and agreed to at the time of their booking, will not be able to travel.Ryanair's Stephen McNamara said:

"Ryanair passengers must ensure that they have a valid form of identification to travel on Ryanair flights.  Ryanair has moved to simplify our identification policy to avoid passenger confusion and from 1st October all Ryanair passengers must hold a valid passport or a valid National Identity Card issued by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country.

"Passengers arriving at an airport with a driver's licence or any other forms of non-valid identification will be unable to travel on Ryanair flights"

Ends.                                                    Wednesday, 23rd Sept, 2009

For further information                                   

Please contact:                                  

Stephen McNamara                            Pauline McAlester

Ryanair Ltd                                         Murray Consultants

Tel: +353-1-8121271                          Tel. +353-1-4980300

THE ONLY FORMS OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED ON RYANAIR FLIGHTS ARE:

• A valid passport
• A valid National Identity Card issued by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country. (Only the following EEA countries issue National Identity Cards acceptable for carriage on Ryanair flights: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland)
• A valid German Government issued Kinderausweis travel document
• A valid Italian Certificato Di Nascita which has been endorsed as "VALIDO PER L'ESPATRIO" valid for travel and signed by "IL QUESTORE". It is the passenger's personal responsibility to ensure that this document meets the requirements of immigration and other governmental authorities at the destination airport - see ** below.
• A valid UN Refugee Convention Travel Document - (issued in accordance with Article 28(1) of the 1951 UN Convention, by a Government in place of a valid passport.)
• A valid Convention Travel Document - (issued in accordance with Article 27 of the 1954 UN Convention for Stateless Persons, by a contracting state in place of a valid passport)