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Every Ryanair aircraft gives the same answer — no socket, no USB — so it doesn't matter which jet turns up at the gate. The bank is the plan: under 100 Wh, charged before you board, because you can't recharge it in the air.
Find your aircraft on the booking or seat map first — the same flight number can be a different jet day to day. Where a cell reads Not listed, no source we can stand behind says that outlet is there or isn't; we'd rather tell you that than guess. Carry a bank for the gate and arrival regardless.
Ryanair's newest jet brought new engines and Boeing's Sky Interior — not a new seat. A 2022 review found the seats "just as featureless as the older generation of 737s", with no inflight entertainment, no seatback pocket and no "in-seat power for charging devices". Ryanair's own answer covers it too: no charging facilities on board. At least one seat-map site lists USB-C here; no first-hand report backs that up.
Most Ryanair flights are on this jet, and it has nothing to plug into. A 2019 reviewer put it in one line: "there is no IFE, there are no power ports, and there is no wi-fi." He boarded with his laptop full and a backup battery, which is still the whole strategy.
Lauda Europe flies A320s on Ryanair's behalf, with a different cabin: reclining leather seats instead of Ryanair's fixed ones. Ryanair's "no charging facilities on board our flights" covers these too, but we found no first-hand review of a Lauda A320 that mentions seat power either way, so this row rests on Ryanair's word alone.
These are the rules on Ryanair's own help centre. Malta Air, Buzz and Lauda Europe fly on Ryanair's behalf, so a ticket bought from Ryanair falls under them; if your booking names another airline's rules, follow those. That puts Ryanair on the other side of the line from Lufthansa Group, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Qantas, which ban using a bank to charge anything (Lufthansa excepts essential medical devices). Ryanair's page gives no start date for these rules; this is what it said when we read it on 8 October 2026.
For taxi, take-off and landing, Ryanair says laptops and larger electronics go "in the overhead locker or stored in your bag under your seat". Power banks and spare batteries can never go in the overhead locker. If the bank lives in your cabin bag and that bag goes up top, take the bank out first.
Lufthansa Group, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Qantas ban using a power bank to charge devices on board (Lufthansa makes one exception, for essential medical devices). Ryanair doesn't: you can charge your phone from one once the aircraft is in the air, just not during taxi, take-off or landing, or when the crew says otherwise. What you can't do is recharge the bank itself, which with no seat power you couldn't anyway.
Many airlines let you bring a 100–160 Wh bank with approval. Ryanair doesn't: "Devices or batteries exceeding 100Wh are not permitted in either cabin or checked baggage." That rules out the big laptop banks. A 20,000 mAh bank, at about 74 Wh, sits comfortably under the line.
Ryanair has no Wi-Fi and no screens, and its help centre says your device "will need to be switched to flight mode for the entire flight duration". Download the playlist, the maps and the boarding pass for your return before you leave the gate.
Ryanair has no seat power on any aircraft but does let you use a power bank in the air, so here the bank isn't the backup — it's the in-flight charger. Board it full, because you can't recharge it on board, and keep it at or under 100 Wh, because Ryanair has no approval tier above that. The cable connects it to your phone; the GaN charger and the cube are for the gate and the hotel.
On Ryanair this is the only charger you'll have in the air. At about 74 Wh it's under Ryanair's hard 100 Wh limit, and you're allowed to use it once you're airborne. Board it full — you can't recharge it on board — and keep it on you or in the under-seat bag, not the overhead locker.
Shop on Amazon →The other half of the in-flight setup: bank in your lap or the under-seat bag, cable to your phone. Short beats long in a 3-3 cabin with no seatback pocket on the MAX — less to snag on the tray table or your neighbour.
Shop on Amazon →For the hour before boarding, since you can't top up the bank on board. One socket at the gate charges the bank and your phone together, and it's the charger you want at the hotel too. No use on the plane itself: there's nothing to plug it into.
Shop on Amazon →For travelling as a group or family: one airport or hotel socket, four devices charging at once. Useful when the gate has two sockets and a full flight is boarding. A wall charger, not a power strip.
Shop on Amazon →Ryanair has no seat power, so a 20,000 mAh USB-C bank under 100 Wh is your only in-flight charger. You can use it in the air; you just can't recharge it there.
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No. Ryanair's help centre says: "We do not have charging facilities on board our flights." There is no AC socket, USB-A or USB-C port at any seat on the 737-800, the 737 MAX 8-200 or the A320s Lauda Europe flies for Ryanair. Board with everything charged and bring a power bank, which Ryanair lets you use in flight.
No. Not on the 737-800 and not on the newer 737 MAX 8-200 "Gamechanger" — reviewers on both found no in-seat power, and Ryanair says it has no charging facilities on board. At least one seat-map site lists USB-C on the MAX; no first-hand report supports that.
Yes. Ryanair says power banks "may be used to charge personal electronic devices, except during taxi, take-off, and landing, or when instructed otherwise by the crew." You may not recharge the power bank on board. Keep it on you or in the bag under the seat in front — never in the overhead locker.
Two power banks per passenger, each 100 Wh or less, within an overall limit of 20 spare lithium batteries. Cabin only. Over 100 Wh isn't allowed in the cabin or the hold, and there's no approval route. Each battery must be protected against short circuits (retail packaging, taped terminals or its own bag), carried on you or in the under-seat bag, never in the overhead locker, and never recharged on board.
Only from your own power bank. There is no seat power, and Ryanair's answer to that exact question is "No. We do not have charging facilities on board our flights." You can use a power bank once you're airborne, but not during taxi, take-off or landing.
No. Ryanair says: "Currently, we do not offer Wi-Fi on our flights." There are no seatback screens or streamed entertainment either, and Ryanair asks for devices to be in flight mode for the entire flight. Download what you need before you board.
No. The "Gamechanger" is newer than the 737-800, but a 2022 review found its seats lacked "in-seat power for charging devices", along with screens and a seatback pocket. Ryanair's no-charging answer covers every one of its flights.
Usually not. Ryanair's limit is 100 Wh with no approval tier above it, and a standard 30,000 mAh bank at 3.7V is about 111 Wh. Check the Wh figure printed on the bank: at or under 100 Wh is fine; over it isn't allowed in the cabin or the hold.
Per-airline power breakdowns roll out from the parent guide, which compares every major carrier side by side — the in-flight power-bank ban list included.
