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Ryanair loaded 800,000 squares this summer at the Spanish “small” airports. Threatens to do it again

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The Irish airline React hard to the 6.57% increase in the airport rates that AENA will apply in 2026, from 10.35 to 11.03 euros. The company requires the Government and the CNMC to reject this rise and threatens to reduce routes and seats in regional Spain if measures are not taken. A threat that is not new. This is not the first time that Ryanair uses pressure on regional airports as a negotiating weapon. During this summer, The company already executed a replication Significant: he abandoned completely Valladolid and Jerez, and reduced his operation in Vigo, Santiago, Asturias, Santander and Zaragoza. In total, has eliminated 800,000 squares In these airfields between April and October, although at the national level it has maintained its growth. Keep leading. The striking thing is that Ryanair maintains its dominant position in the Spanish market despite these strategic withdrawals. In the first half of this year, the airline transported 32.64 million passengers in Spain, 6.6% more than the previous year. This consolidates it as the company with the highest traffic volume in the country, expanding its advantage over eating to almost 10 million passengers apart. Beyond rates. Although Ryanair presents the rise in rates as the main reason for his threat, the reality is more complex. The company keeps a legal battle with the Spanish government for The record fine of 107.78 million euros imposed by its hand luggage policies. This sanction, the greatest in Spanish business history, is part of a package that also punished Vueling and Easyjet for similar practices. The strategy behind the pulse. The withdrawal in regional airports fits perfectly into the Ryanair strategy. These aerodromes depend greatly on the connectivity provided by the Irish low cost, as evidenced by the case of Valladolid, which It went from touching the 100,000 passengers In the first semester of 2024 to just 41,725 in the same period of 2025. The company knows that its withdrawal causes a disproportionate impact on regional connectivity, which gives negotiation power. The coming answer. The CNMC (National Commission of Markets and Competition) must pronounce on the tariff increase before the end of the year. Ryanair seeks to keep the freezing of fees that has been in force during the last decade, while Aena defends that his rates are internationally competitive and that he cannot make exceptions that violate the regulations. We will have to wait to know if this dispute will finally lead to a new reduction of places in the Spanish regional area. Cover image | Ryanair In Xataka | Michael O’Leary, Ceo de Ryanair: “I don’t want money. That they fly without suitcases”

Someone has made a ranking with the greatest fines in the history of Spain and an old suspect is in the lead: Ryanair

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The fine imposed by the Government of Spain to Ryanair is the highest in the history of our country. The more than 100 million euros of sanction exceed all the records we had until a few months ago. To get an idea, the highest fine until then was just over three million euros. These are the most large fines and the companies that have received them. The highest. Without any discussion and without competitors. Ryanair received a sanction of 107.78 million euros last November 2024 on the occasion of his hand luggage policy. The sanction did not arrive alone and also punished Vueling (almost 40 million euros) and Easyjet (almost 30 million euros) for the same issue. However, Ryanair’s traffic volume is so high That by punishing the same fact repeatedly, the economic amount for the company is very high. So much so that, as we see, the two companies that accompanied him in it were well below the punishment to the Irish airline. Unprecedented. The list with the 15 toughest fines imposed by Spanish entities to companies operating in our country has collected Facua. This classification shows how, before the sanction to the airlines, the toughest fine had been for Unicaja and had stayed at 3.17 million euros. At that time, the Junta de Andalucía punished Unicaja in a package that extended to other banks that had imposed land clauses to their customers in mortgages. Rapier It was considered abusivehe entailed a very small fine with Ryanair’s. Despite being the first until very recently, Ryanair’s fine is 3,400%. Who appears? In addition to the aforementioned airlines, Norweigan was also part of that package and slipped between the 10 largest sanctions in our country. In between, Movistar (receivable in the time of the calls), CaixaBank (soil clauses), Vodafone (seven fraud among which is the deceptive advertising) and Endesa (for applying illegal rates for the rental of their light counters). It should be noted that, in addition, Movistar is the company that repeats the most in the ranking, adding up to three fines, the aforementioned and two other sanctions worth 1.53 million euros. Vodafone also repeats with a second fine of 1.19 million euros. Volotea, the fifth and final sanctioned airline, also appears here with a fine of 1.4 million. Banco Mare Nostrum (BNM) and Caja Rural de Granada are two other financial entities that close the breakdown. Has there been any consequence? Yes, although Ryanair has camouflaged him In response to rates, supposedly abusivefrom Aena at airports. Its response has been the abandonment or partial exit of some regional airports. A change of strategy propitious to the company And that, in addition, it has served to press the government, aware of the importance of these spaces. While Ryanair has been winning passengers in Spain, now he faces new fines. Some of the routes survived by the commercial agreements that Ryanair maintained with municipalities and other entities for advertising that acted as Covering line of the line. That has caused the complaint of, among others, The Mayor’s Office. Who is right? It remains to be seen. At the moment, the sanction is imposed but in Spain justice has proved both to the government and the company Despite judging the same fact: the possibility or not of Ryanair to charge for hand luggage. Until now, aerial regulations force airlines to let a lump pass that allows the “essential” to transfer. That, according to the government, cannot enter the brief measures that The company applies. Ryanair alleges otherwise And emphasize that there is no paper that proves the minimum size that the backpack has to have. The latest changes. Everything indicates that Europe is going to put on the side of Ryanair. The institutions are advancing in a new regulation to fly in which you want to stipulate a minimum measure for cabin luggage. This is slightly higher than that forced by Ryanair and The company has already made the changes to adapt to the regulations. It remains to be seen, to leave that new regulation ahead, the company would end up claiming Spain the money of the large fine with which it has punished it. This listing list shown can completely change if your claims get ahead. Photo | Nejc Soklič AND FACUA DATA In Xataka | Ryanair’s new competition does not come from any European airline: it comes from India and has an ambitious plan

Ryanair workers have a good reason for passing passengers with too big suitcases: collect more

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When we approach the shipping doors, it is quite common that part of the airline team is responsible for looking sideways at passengers to see if We comply with the regulations of luggage and we do not carry excessively large bags in the cabin. In addition to because it is part of their work, Ryanair employees also have another motivation behind: collect more. The airline pay your employees 1.50 euros For each suitcase that detects that it does not meet the rules, a practice that the company’s own CEO itself, Michael O’Leary, not only defends, but even considers expanding. Why this happens. The Irish airline has confirmed that this economic incentive pays for its staff for catching passengers that carry luggage that exceeds the allowed dimensions. Those who catch can fall a sanction of up to 75 euros for billing it in the cellar. O’Leary justifies This policy as a way to “eliminate the scourge of passengers with excessive luggage.” The numbers that explain the business. Each employee can win up to 80 euros per month for this practice. Although it should be said that, according to the company, more than 99.9% of travelers comply with luggage standards. It should be said that the difference between what Ryanair pays to its employees for detecting a suitcase and what charges the passenger for sanction (up to 75 euros) is a considerable margin that contributes in part to the spectacular results that the airline has had. And is that Up to 820 million euros in the last quarter, shooting their shares 4.7% in the stock market after exceeding all forecasts. The growth of 7% in auxiliary income, where these luggage penalties are included, has been key next to the 21% rise in average rates up to 51 euros per ticket. Ryanair is not the only one. This practice makes employees at the boarding door also act as a kind of luggage guards. It is not for less, since if in addition to making passengers to comply with the regulations, they take a pinch, better than better. Todo esto teniendo en cuenta además que Ryanair anunció que would expand the dimensions of the permitted suitcases in cabin. Although the truth is that the practice is not exclusive to Ryanair: other airlines like Easyjet have also implemented similar schemes Through subcontracted companies such as Swissport, which pays 1.20 pounds for each pillada suitcase. The workers, who usually charge around 12 pounds per hour according to The Guardian, also face tense situations with passengers, since no one makes it funny to have to pay more just when you are going to ride on the plane. The context of the sector. Ryanair is now in a sweet moment, especially knowing that it has become the main airline in Spain by passengers with a growth of 20.6% this last quarter and maintains this country as its second most important market after Italy, with income of 772 million euros. The European Parliament Press so that airlines allow luggage in cabin and hand for free, but O’Leary predict that this proposal “will not prosper due to the lack of space in the airplanes.” According to its latest financial report, the airline operates with virtually 94% occupation flights, where approximately half of the passengers can carry two packages and the other half only one. And now what. Ryanair does not rule out increasing the incentives paid to its employees for detecting excess bulk, although O’Leary expects detections to decrease in the coming years as passengers adapt better to the standards. Meanwhile, the airline benefits from a European market with a limited capacity until 2030. “We will be at least five years old, until 2030, with the constrained offer,” Neil Sorahan accountfinancial director of the airline. This allows them to keep high rates and strict policies. For travelers, this means that we will have to take special care in the boarding gates, especially to comply with the regulations and not take an unpleasant surprise later. Cover image | Niels Baars and Anastasiia Nelen In Xataka | Ryanair’s new competition does not come from any European airline: it comes from India and has an ambitious plan

Ryanair has left several death injured in Spain. Now we know that he has more passengers than ever

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Ryanair is not weighing, at all, his departure from some Spanish airports. The Irish company is flying more than ever in our country, as certified by the data related to the first semester. The company accumulates more passenger volume in Spain, is one of the airlines that grows the most and expands its distance from competitors. More passengers, more. In the first semester of 2025, Ryanair has accumulated in Spain 32.64 million passengers. It is a 6.6% higher than that registered in the same period last year when it accumulated 30.63 million passengers. It is, with great difference, the airline that moves more traffic from our country. The data collects them AENA which also points out that in the first semester more than 181 million passengers have moved at Spanish airports, the figure is 4.7% higher than that registered in the same period of 2024. Leaders. The data of the first semester of the year also leave other readings. Ryanair has added more than two million passengers compared to the same period of 2024. No other large airline has grown so much in our country in absolute terms of travelers. In fact, the variation with respect to last year is 6.6%, lower than the sustained in previous semesters and also lower than other companies Lowcost such as Easyjet (+13%), Binter (+8.6%) or Wizzair (+22.8%). However, none of them approaches the numbers of the Irish company. A year ago, Ryanair surpassed Vueling in 8 million passengers in a single semester. Today that difference is closer to the 10 million passengers since the Spanish airline has only grown in some 400,000 travelers compared to the first semester of 2024. In full withdrawal. Growth is even more striking if we consider than Ryanair has closed 12 routes in Spain And now offer 800,000 places less than only a few months ago. The company fulfilled its threat to leave some regional airports as a demonstration of force before the fine that the government imposed For the collection of hand luggage, practices that the Executive considers abusive. At his departure, Ryanair prioritized regional airports. In them, their business volume was low and, in fact, maintained some routes for Commercial agreements with local entities. He knew that retiring from these spaces could cause almost deadly damage to some airfields. To show that of Valladolid that in the first half of the year he has registered 41,725 passengers between January and June, about 56,000 passengers less than in the same period of 2024 when 100,000 travelers were toured in six months. The Lowcost. The other striking fact, which we have already advanced, is the growth of the Lowcost in front of any other company. Regarding the same semester of 2024, no airline grows both in passengers and the cheapest options. Airlines that make greater reach flights are more sensitive to geopolitical fluctuations and facilities (or not) to travel. Iberia, for example, Avaca Its 0.7% setback to a fall in travelers to North America. On the contrary, Eurowings (Lowcost from Lufthansa) and Transavia (from Air France-KLM) have also grown in Spain more than 4%. Photo | Wolfgang Weiser In Xataka | Michael O’Leary, Ceo de Ryanair: “I don’t want money. They fly without suitcases”

Ryanair will expand the size of the hand suitcase “in the coming weeks.” Its real objective is another

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“It will begin to apply in the coming weeks.” That has been Ryanair’s response, consulted about the company’s new hand luggage policy. The company, signed to the Airlines For Europe Association, accepts the agreement that its members have reached to establish minimal measures in the hand luggage that, in this case, will be more beneficial for passengers. 40 x 30 x 20 cm. Those are the new measures that Ryanair will begin to apply for his hand luggage “in the coming weeks”, as confirmed to Xataka. This new measure slightly expands the Current measures 40 x 25 x 20 cm which are included with the company’s basic ticket. This means that passengers can carry a slightly size bag this summer. In BBC They point out that the change will mean a 20 -liter backpack to a 24 -liter capacity. The maximum allowed limit will continue to be, yes, 10 kg. “In the coming weeks”. As for the implementation of the new measure, the Irish company has not given us a specific date. They point to questions from Xataka That “this change will be implemented in the coming weeks, as the sizes in our airports are adjusted.” That is, it will not be until the airports have updated their containers to measure the size of the hand suitcases they use next to the shipping doors when the new measure will begin to be applied. At the moment, we will have to continue conforming to the “Ryanair backpack”. Why this change? The change comes after the Airlines For Europe (A4E) association, which Ryanair is a member, will sign an agreement so that the minimum of the suitcases admitted as hand luggage is 40 × 30 × 15 cm. This forced the Irish company to increase its width by five centimeters and, at most, reduce the height by five centimeters. Ryanair has decided to apply only the first change. This decision can be read as a message of good will against the European Union that in its institutions is discussed if this should be the minimum size allowed on continental flights. For the moment, The European Union Council has approved The change to these new measures 40 × 30 × 15 cm. But for its application, the European Parliament must also support it and, subsequently, ratify the agreement. However, this last institution He has rejected it And the application of this measure is in the air. So what is the situation? Right now, on the legal level everything remains the same. That is, the European Union forces airlines to admit a handbag to transport the “essential” but there is no specific size on it. This has led to a legal battle in Spain, With confronted resolutions giving the reason to consumers or the airline depending on the court. On the practical level, who travels with Ryanair will now be able to carry a slightly wider backpack once they apply the changes in the luggage. However, the change is minimal and is far from the majority of small “cabin suitcases”. Is it the only one? No, Ryanair is not the only company. Wizz Air, another of the companies sanctioned in Spain, will also apply these new measures of 40 x 30 x 20 cm, As confirmed on their website. Like Ryanair, the company is subscribed to Airlines for Europe (A4E), so it will also apply what is agreed. Photo | Niels Baars and Erik McLean In Xataka | In the war between Spain and Ryanair for hand luggage, the airline has found an unexpected ally: the European Union

Justice allows airlines what Spain wants to fine. And who is winning is Ryanair

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The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid He has precautionary suspended sanctions of 179 million euros that consumption imposed to five airlines receivable the hand luggage. Companies will continue to invoice these services as an extra, at least until there is a final sentence. Why is it important. This judicial decision comes in full clash between Spanish and European regulations. Spain considers these practices illegal and sanctions them. The European Union Council expressly supports them. However, the latter has not yet been translated into current law, for the moment The European Parliament wants to restore its gratuity And then the inter -institutional negotiation will arrive. In figures. Ryanair and Norwegian have achieved precautionary measures contributing 110 and 1.8 million bank guarantees respectively. The magistrates argue that the fines are “very high” and their anticipated payment would cause “difficulties to the Treasury” of the airlines. This does not mean in any case that the court considers the fine illegitimate, only there are reasons to suspend it while judging. Ryanair heads the sanctions with 107 million, followed by Vueling (39.3), Easyjet (29,1), Norwegian (1.6) and Volotea (1,2). The total fine amounts to 179 million euros. The context. The EU Council reforms in June the European regulations for expressly allow collection by cabin suitcaseslimiting free luggage to packages of 40x30x15 centimeters. This reform, of course, must still be ratified by the European Parliament. But the European Parliament Transportation Commission this week approved a opposite proposal: That each passenger can wear a small bag and suitcase without additional cost. Between the lines. The European Commission has already opened a procedure against Spain for possible irregularities in these sanctions. Meanwhile, airlines press to maintain their freedom of rates. It is a clash between two ways of understanding the business of flying: Ryanair disaggregates everything that can be reduced to the basic ticket and fill the airplanes, something that explains its good profitability. Legislators want a basic ticket to include certain services that cannot be disaggregated. The only thing that all parts seem to coincide is to allow a small bag or backpack for free (40x30x15 cm). It is the minimum difference between plane traveling and traveling by subway. And now what. The proposal of the Parliament must go through the plenary in July and negotiate with the Member States. Until then, the airlines will maintain their current policies, which are also now backed by the Spanish judicial decision. Minister Pablo Bustinduy is confident that the position of the European Parliament prevails. The airlines, meanwhile, have won judicial legitimacy to continue charging hand luggage as extra. Outstanding image | In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else

Ryanair does not want indisciplined passengers. And besides leading them to trial, they will put their own fines

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Ryanair will apply a penalty of 500 euros to any passenger expelled from a flight for misconduct before takeoff. The measure seeks to be a deterrent element in the face of behaviors that interrupt the trip of the rest of the passengers and compromise security. An airline spokesman He explained that “it is unacceptable that passengers suffer unnecessary interruptions by the behavior of a single disruptive passenger.” The fine cannot be specified as such, so it is presented as the most expensive complementary rate of Ryanair. In detail. The Data from the European Union Air Security Agency They say that the safety of a flight is compromised every three hours for the bad behavior of a passenger. In addition, 70% of these cases involve some kind of aggression. Yes, but. The 500 euros are just the beginning. If there is a diversion of the flight because of the passenger, the demands shoot because Ryanair has an active legal persecution policy to recover all the associated costs: Extra fuel. Landing rates. Accommodation for the rest of the travelers in an extreme case. Replacement crew. Even on -board sales. And that persecution translates into concrete demands that go beyond 500 euros: The background. Michael O’Leary, CEO of the airline, already warned at the time about the increase in altercations on board, especially on routes to holiday destinations. In fact, proposed to limit alcohol consumption In airports to two drinks per boarding cards. The measure of their own fines as extra rates, in addition to the subsequent legal persecution, is the definition of a problem that affects the entire industry and that even affects travelers of other flights, which see the “delayed” poster appear because of the energumenos. Outstanding image | Nejc Soklič in Unspash In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else

At his departure from Valladolid, Ryanair has left an unexpected death injured: airport coffee

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Ryanair’s impact is not only counted by the number of flights he leaves in an airport. Not at least where they are a key piece in the operation of a regional square such as Valladolid, where Its march has reduced by 60% The number of travelers who pass through their facilities. Last January, the company announced that this summer would close operations at the Valladolid airport. The decision entered into the Pressure measures that the company is applying against the government for discrepancies related to the collection of hand suitcases or rates that Aena Cobra for operating in the facilities. This pressure tool translated into a reduction in operations in seven airports. In Vigo, for example, Ryanair has eliminated their seats by 61% available. But the highest figure is not always the one that does the most damage because you have to pay attention to the specific impact that the company has on the airport. And in Valladolid it was huge. So much that the volume of travelers at the city airport has been reduced by 63.2% According to data offered by AENA. But the company’s march not only has a direct impact on the offer of flights that are now available the Valladolid. It impacts the workers of the airport itself. Like those of its cafeteria. Three workers dismissed due to lack of work The story brings it first hand The North of Castile. The local media has interviewed César Carreras, a cafeteria dealer of the Valladolid airport who says that with the march of Ryanair, 80% of the clientele has vanished. In less than a year, Carreras has seen how the airport was emptied without Ryanair’s operations (which stopped operating on March 28) but with The previous flying of Vuelingwhich stopped offering the Valladolid-Barcelona route in June last year. Right now, Binter is the only company that operates the airport but has no daily trips. “This month They only work two days a week“, says the head of the cafeteria. Specifies that travelers have left but that there is also an employee hole, since only four workers of all employees that the company maintained in Valladolid remains in the facilities although performing other work. He explains that only the days that there are flights and just for three hours are exploding to cafeteria because the rest of the day the airport remains practically empty. He explains that now he only works the cafeteria and that he has had to fire three employees. At the moment, it remains in the concession because it would have “problems” to leave it and because it can give the service itself since it has another open business. When Ryanair announced that Valladolid left and Jerez and what reduced its operations I already talked about the decision would leave “Half -empty regional airports” although he blamed the march and reduction of operations to the alleged high rates of Aena. Those Aena rates They are the ones used to maintain the minimum services of an airport (security, cleaning …) and from the company ensure that they are extremely low in regional airports because there are multiple discounts to make them attractive. At the moment, they say, they are operating just two euros per passenger. What has long resonates is the fine that the Ministry of Consumption imposed on Ryanair for the collection of the hand luggage suitcase. For the Government, the allowed dimensions are extremely reduced and do not cover the definition of “essential” to which it obliges European regulations. Consequently imposed a sanction of more than 100 million euros. That fine was the one that precipitated everything, since Ryanair understands that without a more concrete definition he has no reason to let in the cabin that They exceed 40x20x25 cm measures collected in its most basic rate. Therefore, they assure that the collection for the cabin trolley It is perfectly legal. Something that seems, It will be ratified in a few months by the European Union itself. Photo | Fred Rivett and Fahmi Fakhrudin In Xataka | Curves are coming in summer: Ryanair wants more controllers in Spain and if he does not get them there will be delays

Ryanair has seriously injured to Valladolid airport. And that’s why threatens new cancellations this winter

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First they announced the exit. After there would be delays. Now they threaten more games. Ryanair has filed a pulse with the government following a historical fine and alleged Aena rates too high. And the most affected are the neighbors of the provincial capitals of our country. “They are not profitable routes”. And that is why Ryanair’s departure is logical and “it is possible to enter other regional airports in these changes.” These changes are cancellations of routes and the words are from Elena Cabrera, Country Manager of Ryanair in Spain, to questions from Spanish-Invertia. With them certifies the pressure policy that the company is doing in Spain, in response to a historical fine imposed by the Executive that has led to the company of some Spanish airports, seriously injuring its activity. What happened? Ryanair’s threat to leave more airports in Spain is not born from nothing. In November 2024, the Government certified a historical fine to various airlines Low Cost. The reason: they were charging for wearing a hand suitcase. The sanction for Ryanair It was more than 107 million euros. The fine imposed by the Ministry of Consumption is, in the eyes of Ryanair, illegal. They point out that they do let travel with a hand suitcase but that It should not exceed contained dimensions 40 x 20 x 25 cm. The battle on whether or not this is legal has arrived in Europe. Spain will have to give explanations in front of the EU Pilota mediating referee designed to resolve conflicts between the European Commission and the Member States. Essential. The origin of the conflict is in the word “essential.” That is the hand luggage that airlines are obliged to allow the passenger for free. Obviously, for the government there is no doubt: the reduced dimensions do not comply with the norm and the bulge cannot be qualified as “essential.” Ryanair believes the opposite. And the problem is that Not justice agrees. In Spain we have had sentences that contradict themselves. Cases in which passengers is right And Ryanair is forced to compensate them and cases in which he fails In favor of the company And the speech is bought that this backpack is enough to travel. AENA’s rates. Perhaps because abandoning Spain for the simple fine was too controversial or because, really, there is an economic reason in it, Ryanair assures that if he leaves Spain it is because of the high rates that the company charges for operating at its airports. These fees serve to pay the cleaning, safety or maintenance services of airports but for the Irish company They are too high. Aena defends himself by ensuring that There are multiple discounts that leave the operation at regional airports at a very low price. For the moment, Competition has forced Aena to freeze rates. 800,000 seats. Aware of its strength in some regional airports, Ryanair has abandoned Operations in Valladolid and Jerez de la Frontera this summer. And has reduced its presence in Vigo, Santiago, Zaragoza, Asturias and Santander. This has led to Valladolid for 60% of air traffic. In total, there are 12 routes that have been canceled or reduced their activity. According to Expansionin the balance for this summer, telling all the airlines, 92,000 seats have been lost to fly from Spain. Of the lost places, 75% are a consequence of Ryanair’s march of these airports. More tension. Now, Ryanair continues to stretch from the rope. Seen the impact they have claimed for months that regional airports They live “a terminal decline” For a long time. The lack of passengers is, they say, the main reason for their march. That they have not been covered by competitors “demonstrates that they are not profitable routes”, in the words of their country manager. However, we must bear in mind that the company has not been operating by volume in this type of route. As is happening With a flight from the Canary Islands to Morocco, It has been institutional advertising the one that has kept these lines alive. To the point that in some cases contracts have been broken that still remained active. Photo | Ivan Mihajlovic In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else

“Backpacks to travel with Ryanair”

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40 x 20 x 25 cm. Not one more centimeter. Those are the measures that Ryanair allows for his hand luggage on his regular flights. If you want to wear a trolley in the cabin, you pay it. The least that is the intention of the company and the reason that has led him to enter an open conflict with the Government of Spain and some courts of our country. In short, the Ministry of Consumption fined a few months ago with More than 100 million euros To the Irish company for not allowing the passenger to wear hand luggage on their flights, which is considered “essential” And it is mandatory to operate in Europe. Ryanair It defends itself Saying that of course it allows you to carry hand luggage but that there is no regulations that clearly specify what size it should be. And they put their rules: a backpack that does not exceed the measures 40 x 20 x 25 cm. The conflict, beyond the fine, has reached the courts because Some users They consider that the company continues to comply with their obligation to allow them to access the plane with a trolley once the government has fined them for what, they consider, an infraction. Justice, however, has issued positive results In favor of users but also In favor of the companyhence the legality or not of the norm remains in question. And given this situation, there are those who are doing their August selling “Ryanair backpacks.” The exact measures To verify that the passengers comply with their standards, the airline has metal drawers at the entrance of their flights where it measures the suitcases with which it is accessed inside. And various images suggest that Workers have the order to be inflexible. Keep in mind that Ryanair allows you to bill a suitcase that exceeds the aforementioned measures or, in any case, pay to take it on board on the plane. However, if the suitcase does not enter at the boarding door and a rate has not been chosen that allows it to take it on board, Ryanair will charge 50 euros for his turnover. Specific backpack for Ryanair on Amazon Specific backpacks for Ryanar in Aliexpress Demonstration of how to organize the suitcase to travel with a “backpack for Ryanair” Undoubtedly, it is the perfect ground for companies to get a good slice. A single consultation at Amazon reveals that “Ryanair backpacks” They have multiplied. The ads cannot be more explicit and always carry a brief description with the maximum measures occupied by the suitcase. Obviously: 40 x 20 x 25 cm. Any backpack that we find on the network with these measures or specifications seems taken from an origami exercise. Pockets everywhere, specific spaces for the mobile phone or other electronic devices, a loading to incorporate an internal battery for documentation and even photographs with the disposition that must wear bent clothes to maximize the interior space. Add a cabin suitcase to the Ryanair ticket costs 26 euros extra Backpack specialized companies have their own “backpack to travel with Ryanair” Others have added the company’s name to the commercial denomination of the model The price also plays with Ryanair’s own rate. The company charges 26 euros extra At the price of the plane ticket to carry a cabin suitcase up to 10 kg on board. Most of the backpacks offered can be found between 23 and 26 euros so, technically, already It is worth it Opting for such a backpack on a round trip if, as Ryanair points out in his own regular rate we are willing to “travel light”. The phenomenon not only extends to a marketplace such as Amazon or Aliexpress. There are even companies that They have been named Ryanair to the Commercial Denomination of your backpack, as this is sold in El Corte Inglésand marks specialized in backpacks like Minimalism either 1990s They are also taking advantage of the pull to sell specific backpacks to travel with the company. Photos | Amazon, Aliexpress, Minimalism and Soriano Suitcases and Bags In Xataka | Ryanair has spent a year selling so cheap that now his passengers will suffer the consequences: expensive tickets in 2025

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