Ryanair completes rollout of larger 40×30×20cm free personal bag sizers at 235 European airports

Ryanair has completed deployment of larger 40×30×20cm free personal-bag sizers at 235 European airports, effective from 4 September. The new allowance — 33% larger than the EU free carry-on standard — lets every passenger bring the bigger underseat bag without extra charge.

Discovered 2025-09-04T22:09:58.000211-07:00 | 2025-09-04T22:09:58.000211-07:00

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  • The change is already live at 235 airports and increases the free underseat allowance to 40×30×20cm (about 33% larger than the EU standard), directly affecting boarding, gate throughput and carry-on handling procedures.
  • Ryanair’s ancillary model is significant to carrier economics: the airline reported €1.4 billion in ancillary revenues (32% of total sales), so this move could alter baggage-dependent revenue streams and customer purchase behaviour (see Ryanair's €1.4 billion ancillary revenue (32% of sales)).
  • The rollout arrives amid active regulatory and legal scrutiny of bag and ancillary rules in Europe, including the EU’s proposal to standardize underseat bags, national probes such as Spain's consumer investigation into ancillary cabin-baggage fees and a Spanish court suspension of fines that provide legal context for carriers' baggage policies.

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tagesschau.de aviation.direct Breitflyte air-journal.fr
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2025-09-04T22:09:58.000211-07:00
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2025-09-10T22:34:09.634138-07:00
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