Ryanair plans to close its website for upgrade work, but passengers must still check in online or face a £40 charge.

The Ryanair.com site will be unavailable between 7pm on Wednesday June 24 and 5am on Thursday June 25.

Online check-in will not be possible during the shutdown and the airline will be unable to take bookings for the ten-hour period. Additionally, the airline’s UK reservations call centre is open 9am to 5.45pm – so no bookings can be taken over the phone either.

The site closure will affect passengers travelling with the carrier early on the morning of Thursday June 25, as the airline stipulates that online check-in must be completed at least four hours before scheduled departure.

Flights booked before May 21 are still exempt from this and passengers on these tickets can still check in at the airport if they have paid the relevant airport check-in fee in advance. Otherwise, a statement on the airline’s website reads: “If you do not check-in online you will be required to pay the relevant fee to re-issue your boarding card at the airport (Euro 40/ GBP 40).”

The carrier says the shutdown is necessary to carry out “essential upgrade maintenance”.

A spokesman said in a statement: “All web check-in passengers who are due to travel this Thursday should check-in and print off their boarding passes before 18:00hrs Wednesday. (Via Times)

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