{"id":169783,"date":"2025-06-09T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169783\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:26:09","slug":"new-eu-luggage-rule-planned-for-anyone-flying-to-france-spain-italy-and-greece-travel-news-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169783\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU luggage rule planned for anyone flying to France, Spain, Italy and Greece | Travel News | Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passengers taking flights<\/a> between the UK and mainland Europe often have to pay extra to take a carry-on bag<\/a> on the aircraft. What\u2019s more, some airlines currently charge for each item they want to take on board, and different airlines have different rules, making for a confusing and frustrating process.<\/p>\n

However, this is set to change because the European Union<\/a> is planning to change the rules surrounding carry-on bags on flights. This would apply to flights between the UK and countries including Spain<\/a>, Portugal, Greece, France, and Italy. The luggage rule change is set to streamline the process, setting a specific size of bag you would be allowed to take on flights operated by companies including easyJet, Rya<\/a>nair<\/a> and Wizz Air. This is not the only benefit, either.<\/p>\n

The new EU rule would stipulate that the take-on bag would be free, meaning the airline would not be able to charge you extra to take a bag aboard the plane. Currently, Ryanair<\/a> allows a free carry-on bag of 40x20x25cm, while easyJet’s rules for a free bag are 45x36x20 cm, including wheels and handles.<\/p>\n

EU transport ministers this week proposed standardised sizing for free underseat baggage on EU airlines. This will become law if it is accepted by the European Parliament<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new rule would guarantee passengers one free personal item, measuring up to 40x30x15cm (including wheels and handles), or which could reasonably fit under a plane<\/a> seat.<\/p>\n

The rules would apply to EU-based airlines, including when they carry passengers from a non-EU country like the UK to an EU country and vice versa.<\/p>\n

The new rule would cover under-seat bags, but it does not currently mention bags you put in overhead lockers.<\/p>\n

11 years ago, an EU court ruled that hand baggage should not be subject to an additional fee so long as it is a reasonable size. However, the ruling never defined “reasonable”.<\/p>\n

Travel consumer expert Jane Hawkes told the BBC<\/a>: “A one-size-fits-all kind of approach would make it a lot simpler for passengers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passengers taking flights between the UK and mainland Europe often have to pay extra to take a carry-on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[70817,70820,70821,1011,2000,70816,299,1699,2592,36,70819,1450,3089,2199,70823,1339,104,70822,70818,45317],"class_list":{"0":"post-169783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-carry-on-bag-policy","9":"tag-charge-passengers","10":"tag-different-rules","11":"tag-easyjet","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-eu-baggage-rule","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-european-union","16":"tag-flights","17":"tag-france","18":"tag-free-personal-item","19":"tag-greece","20":"tag-hand-luggage","21":"tag-italy","22":"tag-reasonable","23":"tag-ryanair","24":"tag-spain","25":"tag-specific-size","26":"tag-standardised-sizing","27":"tag-wizz-air"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114652458726636030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}