Ryanair to add fee on duty-free items
by Dave on 17/11/09 at 1:33 pm
Ryanair passengers with duty-free shopping will have to pay a £28.50 fee for these items on all Ryanair flights. The no-frills airline has decided to introduce this fee for passengers that can’t fit these duty-free items in the carry-on bags.
Passengers that buy perfumes, cigarretes, alcohol or food will have to pay a hefty charge if they can’t fit these items in bags. Usually, airlines would allow passengers to have, apart from carry-on luggage, a sealed bag with items from the duty-free shops in the airport.
Consumer groups were quick to respond to this fee. Here’s that they had to say:
“Charges on Ryanair are getting ridiculous, with fees left, right and centre. With this new rule they’ve gone beyond what’s practical and sensible,” said James Fremantle of the Air Transport Users Council.
This is the latest fee out of a whole series Ryanair has decided to impose. The company has recently decided to eliminate check-in desks at airports and make people check-in online for a certain fee; those who forgot, were “fined” £/€100 at the airport for printing a new boarding card.
Ryanair said this fee was implemented because passengers didn’t abide by rules about carry-on hand luggage and we’re taking more bags then they were allowed to.
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