Michael O'Leary also had charges for "priority booth seating," and "quiet area reservation," added to his restaurant bill.

10:12, Wed, Dec 10, 2025 Updated: 10:13, Wed, Dec 10, 2025

A split image of a receipt and a Ryanair plane

The cheeky charges were added to the bill of the airline CEO (Image: luvidarestaurant/Instagr​am/Getty)

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary was left with surprise charges on a restaurant bill after staff realised who they were serving. O’Leary, who is the CEO of the budget brand, was dining in Luvida Restaurant in Navan when staff decided to jokingly add “extras” onto his bill.

Ryanair is well known for charging extra fees, with its social media accounts regularly making jokes at its own expense about additional fares. Such a sense of humour has allowed the brand to stand out online, where it often posts bold responses to complaints and tongue in cheek comments. Evidently, staff trusted that O’Leary would take the joke in good nature, as they added “extra leg space,” “priority booth seating,” and “quiet area reservation,” to his bill.

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It is unknown whether O’Leary paid the additional charges on the bill playfully titled “Terminal 1,” but he did pose for pictures with staff before his departure.

In a post uploaded to social media, the restaurant said: “Thank you to Michael O'Leary for choosing to dine with us tonight! It was a pleasure to host you.

“Hope you don't mind us adding some additional charges to your bill for extra leg space, priority booth seating, and quiet area reservation.”

The budget airline is known to whack on additional charges for a range of extras including legroom, baggage and even the method by which passengers check in.

Ryanair passengers are being warned they still face a £55 airport charge as the airline introduces a new boarding pass rule.

The company currently charges passengers a fee between £30 and £55 for checking in for flights at the airport, rather than online or via the Ryanair app, and this fee is charged per passenger.

It means that a family of four faces being stung with a £220 on the spot charge at the airport, simply to check-in.

The airport check-in fee is free for Flexi Plus passengers, but only if flights have been booked through the Ryanair website or app.

As such, Ryanair passengers are being reminded to check-in online or via the app before going to the airport to avoid the charge of up to £55.

Ryanair says online check-in opens 60 days before the scheduled departure time if you’ve paid for an allocated seat, but if you haven’t bought a seat and opted for the free random seat allocation, then online check-in opens 24 hours before departure.

The online check-in closes two hours before your flight is due to depart, so passengers need to complete it within this time frame to avoid being charged £55 at the airport.