Ryanair to increase oversized bag bonus

The bonus for Ryanair staff who intercept passengers with outsized cabin baggage will rise from €1.50 to €2.50 per bag, the airline’s boss stated.

Michael O’Leary informed the BBC the change would come on this November, and that he made no apology for it.

Mr O’Leary stated the bonus was meant to place off the small minority who introduced cabin baggage which had been greater than the dimensions restrict, insisting the airline was “not attempting to catch individuals out”.

He added that if individuals “do not adjust to the foundations and attempt to get on with an outsize bag, we’ll catch you and I’d stay up for rewarding and bonusing our employees that select these oversize baggage”.

Ryanair passengers are allowed a free bag to tackle board, however could be charged as much as £75 they attempt to convey a bigger bag than allowed onto a flight, relying on the route and journey date.

The airline at the moment permits a small carry-on bag – with a measurement capped at 40cm x 20cm x 25cm and weight of 10kg – with each ticket.

Nonetheless, that is set to extend to 40cm x 30cm x 20cm from September after a change in EU guidelines.

Mr O’Leary stated about 200,000 passengers per 12 months need to pay further to place carry-on baggage within the maintain, and that he didn’t really feel sorry for “chancers” attempting convey “rucksacks” aboard.

“We are the airline with the bottom air fares in Europe,” he stated. “These are our guidelines. Please adjust to the foundations, as 99.9% of our 200 million passengers do, and you will not have any downside.”

He stated if individuals “adjust to the bag guidelines then everybody will board sooner” and there will probably be “fewer flight delays”.

Along with growing the bonus per bag, Ryanair is scrapping an €80 cap on how a lot employees can earn every month for catching individuals with baggage which might be too massive.

The Ryanair chief govt additionally stated he wished “floor handlers to catch people who find themselves scamming the system”.

Mr O’Leary, who has beforehand voiced scepticism about sustainable aviation gas (SAF), stated there was “not a hope in hell” of the UK’s SAF mandate of 10% being met by 2030.

He stated Ryanair wouldn’t be growing how a lot SAF it used as a result of provide “will not be there”, and described SAF as “nonsense”.

The mandate begins in 2025 at 2% of complete UK jet gas demand, growing to 10% in 2030 after which to 22% in 2040.

Mr O’Leary stated sustainability targets for aviation are “dying a demise”, with the sector set to overlook each 2030 targets for sustainable aviation gas and a 2050 internet zero mandate.

“Over the subsequent 10 years, I imagine oil costs will fall materially,” he added.