News: Ryanair increase baggage charges again
Flights > News > # 1765 (29/04/2008)
Ryanair has raised the cost of putting bags in the hold and checking in at airports for the second time this year.
Passengers on the Irish no-frills airlines will have to pay £16 per bag for a return trip and £8 to use a check-in desk per return journey from next Monday.
Ryanair said the latest charges hike would help keep fares low by making airplanes lighter, resulting in less fuel being consumed, and lowering baggage handling costs.
Aviation consultant John Strickland said no-frills airlines facing rising oil prices will push to increase ancillary revenues rather than raising fares. He said: “Cheap tickets are the key part of a no-frills business model that uses bargain fares to pack passengers onto airplanes and then wring profits from them with add-ons.”
“They cannot afford to raise fares. It would break their model. Occupancy would fall and they will not make enough money to cover increased fuel costs.”
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