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"€60,000 for one check-in desk for one flight"? Let's do a quick sanity check, shall we? If this were true, a flight with 180 passengers paying €200 each (total revenue €36,000) can't even cover the costs for
check-in, not to mention the actual aircraft operating costs? I don't think so.
Try "€60,000 for a dedicated check-in desk for a
year" and you might be closer, though I don't know the precise rent figures for DUB.
And secondly, unless I'm mistaken, Ryanair is not charging for online check-in. They are giving people who check in online the
option of paying for pre-boarding. So this isn't going to automatically drive people to check in in person.