16 June 2009

Ryanair to shut website for ten hours

Ryanair passengers are being told they must check in online in advance of the airline’s website closing for ten hours.

The site www.ryanair.com will close from 19.00 on June 24 until 05.00 the following morning due to an "essential upgrade maintenance".

Web check-in passengers travelling on Thursday, June 25 must ensure that they have checked in online before 18.00 on Wednesday, June 24, the airline said.

Ryanair’s website will not be available for passenger bookings or other passenger services from 19.00 due to the upgrade works.

Passengers who booked flights on or before the May 21 and selected to use airport check-in will be unaffected and can check-in at the airport as normal.

"Ryanair apologises for any inconvenience caused by this maintenance work," a statement said.

by Phil Davies

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Nobody else seems to do this..

This is the second or third time theyve done this (shutdown) and it does make me wonder; why do other major websites not have to close down for maintainance? Why is ryanair having to?

By David Ranby, Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Only 10 hours

Personally I think this story is completely pointless as Ryanair dont want the trade so why do we need to know. For me they could shut down for 10 years and I would not notice.

By Steve Norris, Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Dates - Press or Ryanair?

The dates seem to be incorrect here...June 24th is the Wednesday and not the Thursday...

By Paddy Hayes, Tuesday, June 16, 2009