Allocated seating for budget airlines?

Budget airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air are both set to introduce limited allocated seating, the Irish airline after a trial period and, presumably, the Budapest-based carrier after seeing what its competitors are up to.

easyJet is also trialling a more ambitious scheme.  It seems that the mad scramble for seats on low-cost flights, highly advocated by those now considering the opposite, might be a thing of the past.

With Ryanair a €10 fee includes priority boarding and allows passengers to pre-reserve seats in the front two rows or in over wing rows.  The airline continues to offer unreserved seating in the remaining rows, and priority boarding for a fee of €5.

The scheme with Wizz Air is more or less the same with pre-booking at €8 and the service available at the departure airport for €16. www.ryanair.com www.easyjet.com www.wizzair.com

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