Overview

• Draft legislation would entitle passengers to bring a 100 cm cabin bag plus a personal item free of charge on all EU flights and routes to and from the bloc.
• Approval from at least 55% of member states is required before the new uniform baggage rules can take effect.
• Ryanair has preemptively increased its free personal bag limit to 40 × 30 × 20 cm and easyJet’s current allowance already meets the proposed standard.
• MEPs are pushing a mandate for children under 12 to be seated next to an accompanying adult at no extra cost.
• The wider carriage rights package also plans to harmonize size and weight limits for hand luggage and update compensation rules for flight delays.