Overview

• Incentives will rise from €1.50 to €2.50 per intercepted oversized cabin bag, with the €80 cap removed, likely from November.
• The airline will intensify gate enforcement and deny boarding to items exceeding the 40×30×20cm personal-item limit, which was recently increased from 40×20×25 following an industry agreement.
• Passengers with bags judged too large will have them placed in the hold and incur a gate charge, reported as up to £60 in one article and up to £75 in another.
• Michael O’Leary says roughly 200,000 passengers a year are charged at gates and insists enforcement will target those “scamming the system.”
• Ryanair also plans new or restored Stansted routes for the winter schedule, adding Lübeck, Monastir, Murcia and Trapani.