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01-11-2006, 02:32 PM
Airport hand luggage curbs relaxed
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports are to be eased from Friday, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
Passengers will be allowed, once more, to carry larger bags on to planes following the reduction in the size of permitted hand luggage introduced last month after the thwarting of an alleged terrorist plot to blow up planes.
However, the ban on all but essential liquids in hand luggage will continue, and passengers will still be restricted to just one carry-on bag.
Musicians with instruments too big to go into hand luggage will now be able to take them on board, although they will have to be screened separately.
The easing of the restrictions on instruments, which have had to be carried in aircraft holds since last month, follows an impassioned plea for leniency by conductor Mark Elder at the Last Night Of The Proms earlier this month.
Initially after the alleged terrorist plot was uncovered, no hand luggage was allowed on planes leaving UK airports - a situation which led to mass cancellations, long delays and huge queues at terminals.
After a few days, smaller bags - with measurements of 45cm x 35cm x 16cm (about 18in x 14in x 6in) - were allowed to be carried on board.
From Friday, passengers will be able to take on board bags which conform to the aviation industry-accepted dimensions of 56cm x 45cm x 25cm (about 22in x 18in x 10in). Laptops and large electrical items will be allowed on board in hand luggage but will have to be taken out of bags for separate screening as has been the practice since last month.
The Government has been intense pressure from airlines to ease restrictions, especially as other European countries have not followed the UK in applying stringent standards. It has led to the situation where Britons flying abroad are not allowed to pack, for example, a sponge bag or a bottle of water in their hand luggage but are quite at liberty to do so if flying from a European airport back to the UK.
It is has been estimated that the effect of the restrictions has cost the UK economy around £300 million, with British Airways alone suffering £40 million losses, having had to cancel 1,280 flights
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As per the revision to our Terms and Conditions of Travel on the 3rd July 2006,the maximum checked baggage allowance for each passengers travelling from the1st November 2006 onwards is 15kg per person(baggage fees apply)
The Baggage Fee is charged for the carriage of each item of Checked Baggage which can be prepaid at the current discounted rate of €4.50/£3.50 per item of baggage/per one way flight when making your reservation with www.ryanair.com.
If the Baggage Fee is paid after you have made your booking either at the
airport, or through a Ryanair call centre, the full rate of £7/€10 per item
of baggage/per one way flight is charged. Baby buggies, wheelchairs, scooters and walking frames are carried free of charge
Passengers may not use the unused checked baggage allowance of other passengers.
No pooling/sharing of the checked baggage allowance is permitted, even within a party travelling on the same Confirmation Number.
Any passenger checking in baggage exceeding their 15 kilos checked baggage
allowance (per person) will be charged an excess baggage fee currently at a rate of £5.50/€8 per kilo (or local currency equivalent).
Hand Baggage Allowance
One item of hand baggage per person, weighing no more than 10kg and with
dimensions of less than 55cm x 40cm x 20cm, may be carried into the aircraft
cabin (restrictions apply from certain countries)
Oops,wrong section:eek: :(
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports are to be eased from Friday, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
Passengers will be allowed, once more, to carry larger bags on to planes following the reduction in the size of permitted hand luggage introduced last month after the thwarting of an alleged terrorist plot to blow up planes.
However, the ban on all but essential liquids in hand luggage will continue, and passengers will still be restricted to just one carry-on bag.
Musicians with instruments too big to go into hand luggage will now be able to take them on board, although they will have to be screened separately.
The easing of the restrictions on instruments, which have had to be carried in aircraft holds since last month, follows an impassioned plea for leniency by conductor Mark Elder at the Last Night Of The Proms earlier this month.
Initially after the alleged terrorist plot was uncovered, no hand luggage was allowed on planes leaving UK airports - a situation which led to mass cancellations, long delays and huge queues at terminals.
After a few days, smaller bags - with measurements of 45cm x 35cm x 16cm (about 18in x 14in x 6in) - were allowed to be carried on board.
From Friday, passengers will be able to take on board bags which conform to the aviation industry-accepted dimensions of 56cm x 45cm x 25cm (about 22in x 18in x 10in). Laptops and large electrical items will be allowed on board in hand luggage but will have to be taken out of bags for separate screening as has been the practice since last month.
The Government has been intense pressure from airlines to ease restrictions, especially as other European countries have not followed the UK in applying stringent standards. It has led to the situation where Britons flying abroad are not allowed to pack, for example, a sponge bag or a bottle of water in their hand luggage but are quite at liberty to do so if flying from a European airport back to the UK.
It is has been estimated that the effect of the restrictions has cost the UK economy around £300 million, with British Airways alone suffering £40 million losses, having had to cancel 1,280 flights
.............................................
As per the revision to our Terms and Conditions of Travel on the 3rd July 2006,the maximum checked baggage allowance for each passengers travelling from the1st November 2006 onwards is 15kg per person(baggage fees apply)
The Baggage Fee is charged for the carriage of each item of Checked Baggage which can be prepaid at the current discounted rate of €4.50/£3.50 per item of baggage/per one way flight when making your reservation with www.ryanair.com.
If the Baggage Fee is paid after you have made your booking either at the
airport, or through a Ryanair call centre, the full rate of £7/€10 per item
of baggage/per one way flight is charged. Baby buggies, wheelchairs, scooters and walking frames are carried free of charge
Passengers may not use the unused checked baggage allowance of other passengers.
No pooling/sharing of the checked baggage allowance is permitted, even within a party travelling on the same Confirmation Number.
Any passenger checking in baggage exceeding their 15 kilos checked baggage
allowance (per person) will be charged an excess baggage fee currently at a rate of £5.50/€8 per kilo (or local currency equivalent).
Hand Baggage Allowance
One item of hand baggage per person, weighing no more than 10kg and with
dimensions of less than 55cm x 40cm x 20cm, may be carried into the aircraft
cabin (restrictions apply from certain countries)
Oops,wrong section:eek: :(