Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
Transavia is now following FR by reducing the hand luggage allowance to 40 x 30 x 20 instead of the previous 55 x 45 x 25 (approx). Clearly they cannot (or don't want to) compete with FR by being very generous on hand luggage. I expect other carriers will follow in Europe.
What's the next substantial ancillary that will be widespread amongst airlines in Europe to bring in more cash ? Reduce hand luggage even further and risk EU Commission wrath (they've already said very publicly they are concerned about the matter) ? Something else ?
Saying that Ryanair have reduced the size of the hand luggage allowance is misleading. I've just checked their website and the 55x45x25 size is still specified. Whether or not your ticket includes hand luggage of this size or just the smaller underseat bag is another issue of course.
But thanks for making me aware of the size limits for the underseat bag. I hadn't come across that before and I've certainly seen much bigger items than that brought on.