Ryanair is introducing a stricter check-in deadline for passengers using airport counters, requiring them to arrive 20 minutes earlier than current requirements.

The carrier will now close its check-in and bag-drop desks 60 minutes prior to scheduled departure, up from the previous 40-minute cutoff. This adjustment aims to provide travelers with additional time to proceed through security screening and passport verification areas.

The airline indicated this modification should reduce the frequency of passengers missing their flights due to queuing delays.

According to guidelines posted on Ryanair’s website, travelers who do not meet the check-in deadline risk being refused entry onto the aircraft without receiving compensation.

The policy change becomes active on November 10. Customers will continue to have the option to check in digitally until two hours before their flight departs.

Ryanair’s chief marketing officer Dara Brady explained that this minor adjustment of 20 minutes will grant the 20 percent of customers traveling with checked luggage additional opportunity to navigate security and passport control lines while reaching their gate punctually.

He noted this adjustment will prove especially valuable during peak travel seasons when airport queuing times tend to increase.

Numerous British travelers are currently encountering delays at airports throughout continental Europe stemming from the implementation of fresh border control procedures.

The EU’s Entry/Exit System encompasses 29 European nations primarily located within the European Union structure.

This recently launched automated system records information about non-EU citizens entering the Schengen Zone for brief stays not exceeding 90 days.

Participants must now submit personal details, undergo fingerprint scanning, and have a digital photograph captured as part of the registration process.

The system has faced considerable criticism since its deployment.

More than 100 easyJet travelers experienced significant delays at passport control facilities at Milan Linate airport and subsequently missed their scheduled service to Manchester earlier this month.

Ryanair announced plans to expand its network of self-service bag drop terminals across its operational locations.

By October, in excess of 95 percent of airports within the carrier’s route network will be equipped with these automated drop-off units.