Jet2, TUI, easyJet, Ryanair: Latest Boarding Pass Rules 2026

Recently, airline Ryanair announced that they’ll be making changes to their boarding passes from 12 November, 2026.

From that date, they explained, they’ll be getting rid of paper passes completely to “reduce costs, improve service, streamline rebooking, and save 300 tonnes of paper annually”.

Here’s how that’ll work, as well as the latest boarding pass rules from various airlines:

From 12 November 2026, they’ll only offer digital boarding passes.

Before arriving at the airport, check in on Ryanair’s site or app. You can do this from 60 days to two hours before your flight departs.

“After check-in your DBP [digital boarding pass] will appear automatically in your Ryanair App,” the airline’s site reads.

You will need to present this at security and at the boarding gate. You’ll get reminders to check in online both at 48 and 24 hours before departure.

“If any passenger arrives at [the] airport but hasn’t checked in online (having ignored these reminders), they will still be required to pay the airport check-in fee,” Ryanair’s site reads. This is usually £55.

If you’ve already checked in online or on the app and you lose your phone or tablet or its battery dies, Ryanair says “you will receive a free of charge boarding pass at the airport”.

Additionally, from 10 November 2026, check-in and bag drop will close 60 minutes before departure rather than Ryanair’s current 40 minutes.

You can check in digitally via Manage My Booking online or through their app from 24 hours before departure. Once you’ve done that, you can either download or print your boarding pass.

Alternatively, you can check in at the airport at British Airway’s kiosks and they’ll print a paper boarding pass.

“All you need is your booking reference (PNR) or passport,” their site explained.

If you lose your digital boarding pass for any reason, you can “print it again at a check-in kiosk at the airport”.

You can check in online between 30 days and two hours before your flight departs via Manage Bookings on their site or through the app.

Then, you’ll be able to see and download your boarding passes. “The best way to store your boarding passes is to use the free easyJet mobile app or you can choose to print them out,” they explained, adding, ” You cannot use a PDF scan of your boarding pass on your mobile device as the airport security team will be unable to scan them”.

If you lose your boarding pass but have checked in, they will be able to print them again, they added.

You can make changes to your flight up to two hours before departure online and 90 minutes to an hour before departure in the airport, but you’ll need new boarding passes.

Kids under two who will sit on their parents’ laps don’t need a boarding pass, but if they have their own seat, they do. In that case, “You may not be able to check in online so if you have any difficulty please check in at the airport at least two hours before your flight.”

They also add that the following airports in their network don’t currently accept mobile boarding passes, and you will need to print yours out from easyJet’s site instead:

• ADB – Izmir
• AGA – Agadir
• AYT – Antalya
• AQJ – Aqaba
• BEG – Belgrade-Beograd
• DJE – Djerba
• ESU – Essaouira
• EVE- Harstad
• HRG – Hurghada
• JSH – Sitia
• LXR – Luxor
• NBE – Enfidha-Hammamet
• RAK – Marrakech
• RBA – Rabat Sale
• RMF – Marsa Alam
• SCR- Scandinavian Mountains
• SPX – Cairo Sphinx
• SSH – Sharm El Sheikh.

You can check in online using “Manage My Booking” from their site or via the Jet 2 app from 28 days to six hours before departure to access your boarding pass. Then, you can download it to your phone or print it off.

Alternatively, you can use their kiosks in the airport from three hours to 40 minutes before departure for a paper boarding pass.

“At the airports, our check-in desks generally open at least 2 hours 30 minutes before your scheduled departure time – see the check-in opening times at your airport,” their site reads.

“Please arrive at the airport in good time, as our check-in desks will close 40 minutes before your scheduled departure time. By this point, you must have completed the check-in process.”

You can check in online via My Booking on the site or through the app from 48 hours to two hours before departure (except for Mexico and Jamaica; these are only available from 24 hours before departure). Then, your boarding passes should be available for download or printing.

If you don’t want to do that or if it’s not possible in the airport you’re travelling from, you can go to their kiosks for printed boarding passes. And if you pay for certain features, including Premium flights or Extra Legroom, your online check-in will be available 14 days before departure.

Some of TUI’s partner airlines will charge for airport check-ins, their site added, so check beforehand. And “you’ll need to check in for your outbound and inbound flights separately”.

For children under two years old, they will be issued a boarding pass but not a seat.

And if you’re flying with TUI Airways but lose or damage your boarding pass, you can “reprint your boarding pass up to six hours before your flight departure”.