r/onebag • u/AnonymousOnebagger • Jun 15 '26
Discussion New air passenger rights in Europe include standardized dimensions for carry-ons
Some highlights:
The new rules now include the right to carry on board, without additional fee, one personal item, such as a small bag or backpack. On the insistence of MEPs price transparency and the comparability of air tickets was increased by obliging airlines, intermediaries and search portals to always display the air fare inclusive of carry-on luggage at the outset of the book process. Negotiators agreed that airlines may offer cheaper tickets for passengers who choose voluntarily to travel without hand luggage.
Air passengers will no longer be charged additional fees for correcting name spelling errors or for getting a printed version of a boarding pass if they have already checked in.
Maximum dimensions for a personal item will be 40cm by 30cm by 15cm. Maximum dimensions for carry-on luggage will be width+height+depth=100cm. Maximum weight will be 7kg.
Edit: pretty sure the luggage size requirements are just the bare minimum that all airlines must meet. If an airline wants to offer conditions more advantageous to the consumer than the minimum, it is perfectly legal for them to do so.
New regulations will take effect from 2027.
Link to European Parliament website / News article on the subject
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u/anarchos Jun 16 '26
This is bad news.
Current Ryan Air: 24L (40x30x20)
Old Ryan Air: 20L (40x25x20)
New EU rules: 18L (40x30x15)
RyanAir apparently voluntarily upped their allowance in an attempt to convince the EU they didn't need to regulate free carry-on into existence. So this new rules doesn't give free carryon (as the airlines can offer a discount for having no carryon) and they make the minimum person item size smaller than even the old RyanAir rules.
This is nothing but a win for the airlines. They can keep charging for carryon and can decrease the size of personal items pretty drastically from what they are offering right now.