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Baggage fee charging: seven airlines under scrutiny by associations

by AI | 21.May 2025 | Europe in brief AI

Consumer associations are calling for an investigation across the Union into the charging of carry-on baggage by airlines.

Passengers drop off their carry-on luggage during boarding at Frankfurt International Airport on March 17, 2020. (Photo: Guillem SARTORIO / AFP)

Paris – About fifteen European associations, including UFC-Que Choisir and CLCV for France, have asked the European Commission to launch an investigation into the hand luggage charging policy of seven low-cost airlines.

EasyJet, Norwegian, Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea, Vueling, and Wizzair “charge undue fees to consumers,” accuses the Confederation of Consumption, Housing, and Living Environment (CLCV), a stakeholder in this initiative alongside 15 other NGOs that are members of the European Consumer Union (BEUC).

Indeed, “the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in 2014 that +the transport of hand luggage cannot be subject to an additional charge, provided it meets reasonable requirements in terms of weight and dimensions and complies with applicable safety requirements+,” emphasizes the association.

However, according to the collective of associations, these seven companies impose fees for reasonably sized hand luggage that they consider to be “oversized.” (May 21, 2025)