How has Ryanair changed his luggage rule – and will other airlines do it?

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For all of the most experienced travelers, the metal sizers used by Budget Airlines have become an instrument of fear because the strong financial punishment occurs when hand luggage is too big to fit.

But in the summer vacation time there is some good news for those who have difficulty leaving light: Ryanair has announced that they increase the size of the small “personal” bag that you can absorb in the cabin free of charge.

Yes. But it comes as airlines behind a new EU -converted bag size of 40 cm x 30 cm times 15 cm in line. The current dimensions of the Ryanair Free trading limit are 40 cm x 25 cm and 20 cm below the EU rule. It increases it to 40 cm by 30 cm x 20 cm.

Ryanair trumpets This is “larger than the EU standard”. It is said that the change “will be implemented in the coming weeks because our Airport bags are adapted”.

The size change corresponds to a volume increase of 20% and means that Ryanair will accept free bags of one third larger than the new EU minimum.

However, this is the only aspect of Ryanair’s luggage policy that changes. If you misunderstand it and a gate check reveals that the bag is oversized, you pay a fee of £ 60. A larger cabin bag can be added to a flight booking for £ 6 to 36, depending on the route, but if it is considered too large at the airport, it costs £ 75.

Some will do nothing. The competing budget Airline Easyjet, for example, already leaves a more generous free underlying bag. The current guideline of Wizz Air is the same as that moves to the Ryanair.

According to the Airline Association Airlines for Europe (A4E), the 28 members applied the bag dimensions that were agreed by the EU transport ministers last month.

“This will bring more clarity to passengers throughout Europe,” says his managing director Ourania Georgoutsakou. “From city-shops to family travelers, each will benefit from the same clear rule in the networks of our members.”

The standardization of cabin bag rules has been on the Brussels agenda for years with the decision to insert yourself for a size that can buy frequent travelers a piece of luggage that is accepted by several airlines.

All A4E airlines will pursue the pocket rule by the end of the 2025 summer season, it is said and adds that “airlines will continue to allow larger personal items at their own discretion”.

Not yet, but they could be. European consumer groups are asking the EU legislators to examine budget airlines in order to “use consumers” by calculating their hand luggage.

In May, Beu called on a roof group for 44 consumer organizations, Brussels to examine seven airlines, including Ryanair, Easyjet and Wizz Air. The General Director of Beu, General Director Agustín Reyna said [for] Hand luggage is appropriate illegal ”.

In 2014, the organization referred to a judgment of the judicial court in the EU, in which the “transportation of the hand luggage cannot be carried out to a price supplement, provided that it meets appropriate requirements for weight and its dimensions”.

In the meantime, Spain has become a battlefield for the topic. Last year, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs punished five airlines, including Ryanair, a total of € 179 million (€ 150 million) to calculate passengers for hand luggage and seat reservations. Now the inexpensive airline Wizz Air is also being examined.

Ryanair’s managing director, Michael O’Leary, says no. He rejects the Spanish efforts and recently tells the guardian that the country has a “crazy minister” who decided that General Franco has said goodbye to the EU for 30 years before Spain, the passengers have to bring as much luggage as they want. “

A Spanish court has now temporarily exposed the fines for three of the airlines (including Ryanair), while the matter is checked in court after a legal contestation.

In order to further make the matter more difficult, the European Parliament’s traffic committee voted to give passengers the right to an additional piece of free hand luggage with a weight of up to 7 kg.

According to the new rule, travelers were able to bring a cabin bag of up to 100 cm (based on the sum of the dimensions) on board their flight and a personal bag at no additional costs. (The MPs also want children under the age of 12 to sit for free next to their accompanying passenger.)

The proposed law requires the approval of 55% of the EU member states, but if they are adopted after the negotiations for this month, all flights within the EU and from the EU would extend to all flights.

The aviation industry is predictable and explains that the costs for the bag are summarized at total prices and the tariffs will increase.

“Europe’s Airline market is based on the choice,” says Georgoutsakou. “Forcing an obligatory trolley -bag strip passengers of this choice and obliges passengers to pay for services that you may not want or need. What will come next? Mandatory popcorn and drinks as part of your cinema corner?

“The European Parliament should have travelers decide which services they want, for which services they pay for and above all, for which services they do not,” she says.