Ryanair to charge ‘fat tax’?

Ryanair is reporting that almost 20,000 passengers have voted in favour of charging excess fees for overweight passengers with over 45,000 votes registered so far for Ryanair’s passenger poll to select the airline’s next discretionary charge.

Ryanair revealed the current top five as the poll reaches it midway point and urged passengers to continue to vote for their favourite on ryanair.com before Friday 17th April.

The top five as voted by passengers to date are:

40% - Excess fees for overweight passengers based on body mass index
20% - £3 to smoke in a converted toilet cubicle
18% - £1 for toilet paper – with O’Leary’s face on it
14% - annual subscription to access Ryanair.com
8% - £2 “corkage” fee for passengers who bring their own food onboard

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:

“We are delighted with the number of votes cast to date and a little surprised with how the vote has gone so far. We urge more passengers, especially those who may be a little larger, to vote before the poll closes on Friday. Those who want to cast their vote can do so at ryanair.com”.