Ryanair will allow customers to carry larger luggage under the chair starting next month.
The notion of free hand luggage, radically resized in recent years shutterstock photo
The airline increases the maximum luggage size under the seat by 20%, ie 5 cm. This means that passengers will have four liters of additional space.
Currently, the airline allows passengers to carry a luggage with dimensions of 40x25x20 cm, but they will increase to 40x30x20 cm.
The larger size is already mentioned in the section “Baggage policies” From the Ryanair website, writes Mediafax.
The change introduced by Ryanair comes after a historical vote of the EU committee has established the requirement that passengers are allowed a free 40x30x15 cm luggage on each flight.
The Consumer site is? reported that the change will be implemented in 230 airports by the end of August.
A Ryanair spokesman told Money: “The current size of Ryanair’s free personal luggage is 40x25x20 cm.
“Following the new minimum size of the luggage imposed by the EU, 40x30x15 cm, Ryanair will increase the maximum personal luggage size to 40x30x20 cm, so that personal luggage limit A Ryanair is greater than the EU standard. ”
“The new luggage size measurement devices are being implemented and will be completed by the end of September. In the meantime, we recommend to all Ryanair passengers to continue to comply with the current dimensions, which are 40x25x20 cm. We will publicly confirm, at the right time, when all measuring devices will be changed.”
It is hoped that changing the standardization of free cabic luggage dimensions will facilitate travel, so that passengers can buy a single baggage that can be used on all airlines flying in and from Europe.
Ryanair’s new luggage policy will apply to all passengers, whether they only travel with hand luggage or two luggage.
