Good news for anyone travelling on Ryanair between now and Christmas.
Ryanair has announced that its new cabin bag policy will not come into effect until January, potentially saving a lot of hassle on Ryanair flights over the busy Christmas period.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the airline confirmed that a new policy (see full details below) allowing all passengers apart from non-priority customers to bring just one carry-on bag on board a flight will now be delayed until January 15, 2018.
- Only Priority Boarding customers (including Plus, Flexi Plus & Family Plus) will be allowed to bring two carry-on bags on the aircraft*
- All other (i.e. non-priority) customers will only be allowed to bring one smaller carry-on bag on board, while their second (bigger) wheelie bag will be placed in the hold (free of charge) at the boarding gate.
*Priority Boarding can be purchased for just €5 at the time of booking or added to a booking for €6 and is available up to one hour prior to scheduled departure.
After a series of warnings issued to customers, Ryanair confirmed in September that a new policy would be introduced, a policy which included a reduction in the fee for check-in bags from €35 to €25 and an increase in the check-in bag allowance from 15kg to 20kg.
The delay, Ryanair says, will allow customers more time to adjust to the changes, particularly during the busy Christmas period.
Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said: “We will delay the introduction of our new cabin bag rules until 15th January 2018, to allow our customers more time to familiarise themselves with the policy changes.
“From January, we will be restricting non-priority customers to one small carry-on bag (their wheelie bag will be placed in the hold, free of charge at the boarding gate) which will speed up the boarding of flights and eliminate flight delays.
“We have already introduced the first phase of the new bag policy which offers our customers lower bag fees for a 33% increase in their check-in bag allowance. This will lead to fewer customers with 2 carry-on bags at the boarding gates, which is causing flight delays.
“The new cabin bag policy will be implemented for all travel after 15th January 2018, and we hope our customers will enjoy the savings of our new simplified bag policy.”
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