Ryanair to allow Greeks to pay with cash

Budget airline Ryanair on Wednesday said Greek citizens will be allowed to buy tickets for its flights using hard currency, given that bank-card transactions in the Mediterranean country are increasingly declined as a result of capital controls.

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“Ryanair has now provided the option for Greeks looking to travel to buy their plane tickets in cash at the Ryanair ticket desk at its airports,” the company said in a statement.

It added that it would accept cash at all 11 Greek airports that it serves.

Ryanair has four aircraft based in Athens, serving a dozen routes including to London, Brussels and Milan, and two smaller bases in Thessaloniki and Crete.

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