Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children on flights

Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: “It feels as if Ryanair has looked at every possible way to squeeze money out of customers and the only idea that hasn’t cut the mustard is charging to use the toilet.

“Overall, passengers might have grumbled about extra charges, but they’ve typically paid them. The competition watchdog isn’t entirely happy about Ryanair’s tactics and is now looking to see whether one seat-related charge has breached consumer law.

“Ryanair requires parents to sit with children under 12 and charges them to do so, even though its website refers to ‘free reserved seats’ for this age group. Taking a family on a foreign holiday is expensive at the best of times and suffering these sorts of charges on a plane takes the biscuit.”