Ryanair is delaying its move to 100% paperless boarding passes until the winter schedule.
The airline was due to switch completely to digital passes and remove all check-in desks by the summer.
80% of passengers flying with the airline already use the pass on their phones and the change aims to save over 300 tonnes in paper waste every year.
A Ryanair aeroplane at Dublin Airport. Photo: Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ieOne man who will likely benefit from the decision is Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, who previously described himself as "one of the last remaining people still showing up with my piece of paper".
Despite this, he backed the change on the grounds it would make travelling easier.
"Everybody who travels with us has the app, the mobile boarding pass is on the app and we’ve got to move more and more people that way," he said in October.
“It also means, once we get everybody onto the app, nobody will ever again pay for a boarding pass at an airport - the airport check in fee will be gone.
“So, I think it will be a smoother, easier journey for everybody.”
Last month, 12.6 million passengers travelled with Ryanair.
Main image: A split of Michael O'Leary and a boarding pass. Pictures by: Alamy.com
