Overview

• Ryanair will boost its free personal bag allowance from 40×25×20 cm to 40×30×20 cm over the coming weeks, increasing capacity to 24 litres and exceeding the new EU minimum.
• Airlines for Europe has agreed with member states to roll out a guaranteed 40×30×15 cm under-seat bag size by the end of the 2025 summer season.
• easyJet, British Airways, Jet2 and Wizz Air maintain their current, more generous allowances and jointly reject an EU-mandated two-bag requirement.
• The European Parliament transport committee has voted to secure a right to two free cabin bags per passenger, a measure opposed by low-cost carriers as impractical.
• Proposed EU rules would ban charges on a small carry-on weighing up to 7 kg and no larger than 100 cm, awaiting final sign-off by member states.