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£2.50 To Check In Luggage With Ryanair

Ryanair is to start charging passengers for checking in luggage. From March 16, passengers flying with the low-cost airline will pay a fee of £2.50 per bag checked in if the flight is booked in advance on the website, or £5 per bag in the flight is paid for at the airport. The airline is also planning to reduce fares by 9 per cent – equivalent to about £2.50 – meaning that passengers travelling with only one bag should experience no difference to overall amount paid for the flight.EU passengers with only hand luggage will also be able to check-in on the web to by-pass airport queues, and these passengers will be given priority boarding.

Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s Chief Executive said: “These changes will enable Ryanair to reduce our airport and handling costs across the network. We will require fewer and less expensive airport facilities such as airport check-in and baggage hall facilities. We will carry fewer bags making our aircraft lighter and improving our fuel consumption. Ryanair is Europe’s largest low fares airline. For more information see www.ryanair.com

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .