Airline to charge for bags.BUDGET airline Ryanair Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish airline headquartered in Dublin, with its biggest operational base situated in London Stansted Airport in the UK. is to charge passengers for checking in baggage in an effort to cut airport handling costs, it revealed today. The Irish carrier, which runs flights betwen Birmingham and Dublin said people with luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. will have to pay a fee of pounds 2.50 (or 3.50 euros) per case from March 16, while those carrying hand luggage will be able to check in online and bypass check-in queues. As a result it will reduce average ticket prices by 9 per cent - a saving of about pounds 2.50 per journey. Ryanair hopes the fee will incentivise passengers to travel with hand luggage only. It also said the move would reduce airport and handling costs by more than 10 per cent, leading to savings of around pounds 20.6m. Ryanair has just expanded its operation out of Nottingham East Midlands Airport East Midlands Airport[1] (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. It lies between the cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, all within a 30 mile radius of the airfield. , making it one of the airline's major bases in the UK. |
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