The charges had been imposed with under 24 hours’ notice in early April.
It meant that passengers booking their tickets for traveling Ryanair on-line will be charged 33 percent much more for traveling during these two months than at any other time of the season. The charges affect passengers who get through to the airport with a bag that has not already been checked in on-line, or whose hand luggage exceeds the 10kg per passenger allowance.
The Consumers’ Association of Ireland chief executive, Dermot Jewell, attacked the charge, stating that those whom it would most impact had the fewest options for avoiding paying it.
He explained the airline was conscious of households with kids had been among the travellers who required the most baggage, and stated Ryanair’s choice was especially unfortunate considering the fact that it had strongly opposed the Government’s levy of the flat-rate departure tax of €10 per passenger on the grounds it would place individuals off flying.