Overview

• CEO Michael O’Leary said the per-detection payment will increase from €1.50 to €2.50 and the €80 monthly cap will be scrapped, with the change expected from November as the winter schedule begins.
• O’Leary defended the move, saying he will not apologize and wants staff to catch passengers trying to evade carry-on rules.
• Under current policy, one under-seat bag up to 40×30×20 cm is free, a larger 55×40×20 cm carry-on requires payment, and oversized items can incur a gate charge of up to about €87.
• Last month the airline enlarged the free under-seat allowance to 40×30×20 cm after European lawmakers advanced a proposal to standardize free cabin items across EU-based carriers.
• O’Leary said 99.9% of customers follow the rules and fewer than 0.1% pay the gate fee, equal to roughly 200,000 passengers a year.