Ryanair cabin bag allowance change

[turkeyfoot]

Hi
Reported by Simon Calder:

Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost airline, will increase its free cabin baggage allowance "over the coming weeks".
Ryanair's current free "personal bag" size is 40 x 25 x 20cm – a volume of 20 litres. Following an agreement among European airlines to adopt a new minimum size for cabin luggage, the carrier has decided to increase one dimension of the bag size from 25 to 30cm. The dimensions will soon be 40 x 30 x 20cm – a volume of 24 litres.

This is larger than the newly announced European minimum bag size of 40 x 30 x 15cm. Had Ryanair aligned with this, it would have meant a cut of 10 per cent in volume. But instead the airline will offer travellers a larger limit. The decision means that anyone with a "Ryanair-compatible" cabin bag will still be able to use it.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: "This change will be implemented over the coming weeks, as our airport bag sizers are adjusted."

Almost all the carriers will continue as before. British Airways, Jet2 and easyJet all have allowances that currently exceed the new "standardised" dimensions.

Geoff