Ryanair at Nimes airport - How does new system work?

I have just returned from a quick trip to France and thought I'd share with you how Ryanair's new "No more check in desks" system actually works.

In brief, very well it seems. I checked in online about a week before I flew for both my outbound and return journeys and printed off my boarding cards at work.

When I arrived at Nimes airport there was a queue of people waiting to go through security into the departure lounge so I hopped on the end of the queue and that was that.

They were pretty tight on checking the hand luggage for size but I didn't see anybody's bag being weighed.

Basically the system is the same as it always was except for the removal of one of the queues. As far as I can see it's a good move that works well.

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Ryanair closes check in desks.............

From 1st October Ryanair have now closed all its check in desks in favour of online check-in.

You are now obliged to check-in online at least four hours prior to departure and not more than that 15 days in advance of travel.

This means that if you are away for more than 15 days you will most likely have to go and find an internet cafe to check in for your return trip and print out your boarding cards. Not an ideal scenario at all.

If you fail to check-in online you will be met with a penalty at the airport of approx £40 which will be classed as a “Boarding pass re-issue fee”.