Ryanair leads the digital switch
Ryanair has fully switched to digital boarding passes for summer 2026. Since November 2025, passengers receive boarding passes through the Ryanair app after online check-in. The airline says this eliminates 300 tonnes of paper annually and lowers airport costs and fares. Passengers who arrive at the airport without checking in online must pay the airport check-in fee. Special assistance is available at all airports for passengers needing help with digital passes.
EasyJet and Wizz Air: key exceptions
EasyJet accepts mobile boarding passes through its app but does not accept PDF scans shown on a phone. As of 2026, 21 airports in the easyJet network do not accept mobile boarding passes: Hurghada, Luxor, Marsa Alam, Cairo Sphinx, Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt); Agadir, Essaouira, Marrakesh, Rabat, Tangier (Morocco); Izmir, Antalya, Bodrum (Turkey); Djerba, Enfidha (Tunisia); Aqaba (Jordan); Belgrade (Serbia); Pristina (Kosovo); Tirana (Albania); Ivalo (Finland); Sitia (Greece). Passengers flying from these airports need a printed pass.
Wizz Air also has five airports that do not support mobile boarding passes: Agadir, Marrakesh, Cairo Sphinx, Zaragoza, and Tirana.
Other airlines still allow paper
Jet2, TUI, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic still accept both printed and digital boarding passes. British Airways offers digital passes via its app or printing at home or airport kiosks. Jet2 supports digital and paper through its app or Manage My Booking. TUI accepts both. Virgin strongly encourages digital but accepts printed copies and offers kiosk printing at hubs like Heathrow and Manchester.
