A Spanish court labelled budget airline Ryanair’s policy of charging a fee for hand luggage ‘excessive’ after a passenger was fined for taking a small bag onto a plane without a special ticket.
The Mercantile Court in Madrid ruled that the woman should be refunded with interest as the baggage could easily have fitted in the cabin.
A judge declared the budget airline’s policy to be null and void but Ryanair said the ruling ‘will not affect the validity’ of their baggage policy.
Full report in tomorrow’s Costa Blanca News
